Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 367: Gaining Wisdom Through Difficulties!
Lao Zhu really didn't intend to severely punish him.

After all, he is his own son, and he feels distressed if he breaks it, so how could he be punished severely.

The other ministers also knew that it was very rare for His Majesty the Emperor to issue an order to punish the two bastards, King Liao and King Ning.

As for punishing the grandson of the emperor for such a trivial matter, don't even think about it.

Fortunately, they didn't go after the emperor's grandson, they just wanted to hit the "wings" of the emperor's grandson.

If King Liao and King Ning can't get out of bed for a few days, they can take the opportunity to restrict the emperor's grandson and calmly "sell" the weapons and armor in the warehouse.

The so-called "selling" is of course not normal selling.However, if the frontier troops and vassal kings in various places do not pay tribute to the Ministry of War, they will naturally not be able to get good weapons and armor.

This filial piety is the welfare of all colleagues in the Ministry of War.

In fact, these contributions are just the tip of the iceberg, and there are huge benefits involved.

In order to give everyone an explanation, Lao Zhu ordered people to tie up the two sons on the spot.

What surprised him was that Zhu Yunxi, the rebellious grandson, came here uninvited.

Like two little heroes, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan walked into the hall proudly.

It's just that when facing the majestic gaze of the father, the two of them faltered instantly, and hurriedly kowtowed.

Zhu Yunxi led a few Jinyi guards and followed them closely. After saluting Old Zhu, Zhu Yunxi said loudly.

"Grandpa Emperor, grandson wants to impeach the Ministry of War!"

"what?"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi's words came out, the whole hall suddenly started whispering.

Many officials looked at Zhu Yunxi, their eyes glowing red.Xindao, where does this grandson have the face to say such things, they haven't collectively written a letter to impeach him, yet he has the face to impeach others?

Lao Zhu also looked at Dasun quite unexpectedly, wondering what new tricks Dasun was up to.

"The Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War set up a card without authorization to block the agricultural tools that should have been sent to Shangyuan County, delaying the normal production and life of the people!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he looked at Ru Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, with displeasure, and Ru Yuan looked calm and authentic.

"Your Majesty, this matter is under the responsibility of Wuxuan Si Laigong, and I don't know much about it."

"However, since the emperor's grandson dares to impeach him, there must be conclusive evidence!"

Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"That's natural!"

"Grandfather, if you don't believe me, go to the warehouse of the Ministry of War with your grandson, and you will naturally see how the Ministry of War bullies your grandson and confiscates normal farm tools!"

When Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan heard this, they quickly echoed.

"Father, the son just saw that the Ministry of War bullied others too much, so he vented his anger on the elder nephew!"

"Didn't you always teach your servants that our Zhu family should be kind and help each other?"

"I just don't want others to bully my eldest nephew, so I stepped forward and acted righteously!"

Old Zhu was quite relieved to hear this, after all his greatest wish was for the children and grandchildren of the Zhu family to live in harmony.

, but when I think of the bastard Zhu Zhi, I feel bored for a while, and I secretly think that this is not the one who rebelled against Sun's teaching, right?
"To shut up!"

"You still have the face to say?"

After Lao Zhu scolded Zhu Zhi, he put on a smiling face and looked at Zhu Yunxi.

"Dasun, let's give you one last chance. Do you really want us to go to the Ministry of War to check now?"

Seeing Grandpa Huang's expression like this, Zhu Yunxi suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

It's just that he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what he did wrong.

This time, he deliberately placed the military department together, and then temporarily transferred dozens of vehicles of farm tools.

In fact, no one ordered these agricultural tools at all, but he transferred them to the warehouse in Shangyuan County in advance in order to complete the supply system of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Zhu Yunxi thought for a while, and saw that there were no loopholes on his side, but the Ministry of War was obviously using chicken feathers as arrows, and the evidence to make things difficult for him was very obvious, so he looked at Lao Zhu confidently.

"Grandfather, my grandson hopes that you can uphold justice for me!"

There was a sneer on Lao Zhu's face when he heard this, and he thought to himself that his eldest grandson was still too young.

"All right!"

"Since you insist on us going to see it, then we will accompany you there."

"It's just that we have something to say first. If we find evidence against you, we will never let you go lightly!"

"promise!"

After Lao Zhu heard Dasun's affirmative answer, he immediately took several ministers to the Ministry of War to check.

Ru Yu had already made arrangements, and ordered someone to wait at the door of the warehouse of the Ministry of War in advance.Seeing His Majesty the Emperor and others arriving at the scene, several people worked together to open the warehouse.

When Lao Zhu arrived at the door of the warehouse, he was not in a hurry to enter, but just waved to Zhu Yunxi.

"Go ahead and have a look!"

Upon hearing the words, Zhu Yunxi immediately led the guards, followed several ministers into the warehouse of the Ministry of War, and confidently lifted the tarpaulin on the carriage.

However, when the thatch was opened to reveal the contents of the carriage, Zhu Yunxi was dumbfounded.

I saw that the carriage that should have farm tools was replaced by weapons and armor at some point!
Zhu Yunxi's face was full of disbelief, and he muttered to himself.

"impossible!"

"The lonely workshop hasn't produced weapons for a long time. Where did the weapons on this car come from?"

When several ministers saw the weapons and armor on the car, their faces sank suddenly. Even Fu Youde, a hard-core member of the emperor's grandson's party, looked dark when he saw the solid evidence.

The emperor's grandson went too far this time, how could he sell weapons and armor privately?

As the head of civil servants, Kong Na couldn't help showing anger when he saw the cart full of weapons and armor.

"Emperor grandson, is this the farm tool you were talking about?"

Others also jumped out to criticize after hearing the words.

"Emperor grandson, you are the heir of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole of the Ming Dynasty belongs to you. How could you guard yourself and do such appalling things!"

"Don't you know that weapons and armor are the source of chaos in the world?"

"Once the weapons and armor fall into the hands of the villains, they can pull up a large army at any time, and become a rebellion that the court is troubled by!"

Lao Zhu saw that the number of people was almost down, so he walked slowly into the warehouse, took a weapon from the carriage, and waved it in his hand a few times.

"Da Sun, please see if this weapon comes from a water conservancy workshop!"

Zhu Yunxi bit the bullet and nodded.

"Yes!"

"It is indeed from the water conservancy workshop run by my grandson..."

Old Zhu sneered when he heard this.

"What else do you have to say now?"

"I……"

Zhu Yunxi wanted to defend himself a few words, but he swallowed the words back.

It was obvious that someone had put him on the line. Wouldn't it be more ridiculous if he complained stupidly?
"Grandson is convicted, please punish Grandpa!"

Zhu Yunxi pleaded guilty without hesitation, but Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan quit, calling for grievances repeatedly.

"Father, this is impossible. The eldest nephew would never do such a thing. Someone must have framed it!"

Lao Zhu was quite satisfied with the grandson's reaction, but he was displeased immediately after hearing the words of the two sons.

"The two of you said that you framed it, so do you have any evidence?"

"evidence……"

The two brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan are still good at catching toads, but they don't know what evidence there is.

Fortunately, there is Fu Youde next to him. This old man was born in the army and knows some rules of operation of the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, as long as you check the account books of the Ministry of War, you will know where these weapons and armor come from!"

"If the emperor's grandson really smuggled, then there must be no records of these things in the account books of the Ministry of War!"

Old Zhu nodded when he heard the words.

"Come on!"

"Bring us the account book of the Ministry of War, and check it here!"

Ru Xun took the order and promised, and immediately ordered someone to move over last year and this year's storage account books of the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, please check!"

Lao Zhu looked at the thick stack of ledgers and thought for a while.

"Da Sun, isn't there someone in your Wenhua Palace, you ask them to come and check!"

Zhu Yunxi was also full of doubts, not knowing how his farm tools turned into weapons and armor.

In response to Lao Zhu's warning, he didn't even produce swords, but only produced a bunch of blank knives.

In other words, there are no weapons in his own workshop. Where did the weapons here come from?
Now that he heard that Lao Zhu asked him to check it himself, he was not polite, and immediately ordered someone to go to the Wenhua Palace to call a group of people over.

The officials of the Wenhua Palace can't do anything else, but the ability to check accounts can be said to be the first in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Zongjun is especially good at this method, and he also created some tips for quick checking of accounts.And with this method of checking accounts, he became the director of the verification department under the Ministry of Finance.

However, Zhang Zongjun led a group of people from the inspection department, and it took less than half an hour to complete the investigation.

"Reporting to Your Highness, there is no problem with the accounts of the Ministry of War, and the existing weapons and armor in the warehouse are consistent with the accounts."

"The batch of weapons on the carriage is completely out of thin air!"

Zhang Zongjun put an accent on the word "out of thin air", and the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Although he couldn't find out where these things came from, he never admitted that they belonged to the emperor's grandson.

After hearing this, Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Yunxi with a smile.

"Da Sun, what else do you have to say this time?"

Without even thinking about it, Zhu Yunxi knelt down, kowtowed to Lao Zhu and said.

"Please punish the emperor!"

Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan yelled like crazy when they heard the words.

"Nephew, it's obvious that someone has framed him, we can't be cowardly!"

"Anyway, we plead not guilty!"

"We didn't do this!"

Lao Zhu looked at his eldest grandson with satisfaction, secretly thinking that this grandson is still smart, and he didn't shout for grievances.

It's just that when he looked at Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan, his face was not so kind. These two people haven't understood yet, and they should be beaten to death.

"Since you know your mistake, then we will punish you!"

"Come here, the emperor's grandson knowingly committed a crime, smuggled weapons and armor, and focused on sixty punishments. After the beating, he will be sent to Jinyiwei Prison!"

"Brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan beat up the imperial court officials. They didn't know how to repent afterwards. They focused on forty boards and threw them into the Jinyiwei prison to reflect!"

Ru Yuan was overjoyed when she heard this.

Unexpectedly, with just a small plan, I could attract His Majesty to put the emperor's grandson into prison!
The expressions of surprise on the faces of the other civil servants could not be concealed, but this surprise quickly disappeared, replaced by Gujing's calmness.

Only Fu Youde and Kong Na knelt down to intercede.

"Your Majesty, even if the emperor's grandson is at fault, he shouldn't be punished so severely. Please give him a lighter sentence and save the emperor's grandson some face!"

Compared with Fu Youde's intercession, Kong Na's purpose is much clearer.

"Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson is young, so even if he makes mistakes occasionally, it should not be punished too much. Relatively speaking, the three masters of the emperor's grandson have unshirkable responsibilities."

"Therefore, I suggest that the three masters of the emperor's grandson be severely punished, demoted to common people, and sent back to their original places..."

Unlike the civil servants in the court, Kong Na was very satisfied with the emperor's grandson, but he felt that the emperor's grandson was too young and needed to be carefully taught.

As for who needs to teach, of course it is after a venerable saint like him.

Therefore, as soon as he pleaded for mercy, he went to Zhu Yunxi's three masters.

After the two pleaded for mercy, several other ministers also knelt down to plead for mercy.

"Your Majesty, the emperor's grandson is too young to do anything, even if he commits a serious crime, he should not be punished severely."

Lao Zhu didn't have the slightest expression on everyone's pleading, but just waved his hands lightly.

"No one needs to beg for mercy!"

"Come on!"

"Drag the emperor grandson and the two rebellious sons down!"

"Hit hard!"

"promise!"

Jin Yiwei said "offended" to Zhu Yunxi, then dragged him to the door, pressed him to the ground and started beating him.

Zhu Yunxi had already trained his buttocks under Lao Zhu's whip, and Jin Yiwei's plank was almost like a massage to him.

Zhu Yunxi didn't care, but Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan were not so lucky.

Firstly, Jin Yiwei didn't dare to release the water, and secondly, the two couldn't help fighting, and after a few boards, the two exchanged tears.

"Father, don't hit me, I know I was wrong, woo woo woo..."

When Lao Zhu heard the cries of the two rebellious sons, his heart became even more irritated, and he jumped and cursed.

"Hit us hard!"

"Even if you kill him, it doesn't matter!"

Although Lao Zhu said so, who would dare to beat the prince to death?
It's just that the swing of the board is a bit higher, and the force of hitting it is a little heavier.

Since Lao Zhu personally supervised this time, Jin Yiwei didn't dare to release the water, forty planks down, and knocked Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan unconscious on the spot.

Relatively speaking, Zhu Yunxi was fine. Although the pain was so painful that his head was covered with sweat, he still gritted his teeth and carried it hard, and didn't say a word.

For Zhu Yunxi, the pain in his butt was far less severe than the pain in his heart.

His mind is full of confusion now, how did his dozens of carts of farm tools turn into weapons and armor?

Now it can be made clear that his agricultural tools have been recontracted by people from the Ministry of War.

It's just that he couldn't figure out where the Ministry of War got so many weapons and armor.

It stands to reason that the people in the Ministry of War should not have the guts to secretly open a workshop for production.

Moreover, even if they secretly open workshops, it is impossible to produce weapons of this quality.

This is not scientific at all!
Even though Zhu Yunxi was carried to Jinyiwei Prison, he was still thinking about it.

If he couldn't figure it out, he would deserve it even if he was beaten to death by Grandpa Huang!

Lao Zhu also knew that Dasun was wronged, because Dasun's hydraulic workshop had always been his eyeliner, and he had known for a long time that this Nisun changed the sword into a blade, and changed the armor into armor and iron wire. Cowhide and other things, and they are shipped separately to avoid their own supervision.

It can be said that there are no assembled armors or polished weapons in Dasun's warehouse. Where did the things on the cart come from?

It's just that he wanted to take this opportunity to teach Dasun a lesson and let Dasun understand the insidiousness of the officials, so he didn't say anything, and even punished Dasun in public.

In the dead of night, Fusi senior cell in Beizhen.

Zhu Yunxi lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ground, his mind was full of daytime affairs.

Just when he was puzzled and was about to fall asleep in a daze, the door of the prison opened slowly.

He looked up and saw Grandpa Huang came in from the door with a smirk on his face, wearing a cloak.

Behind him, Qin Deshun followed in with a food box and put the food box on the table in the cell.

Lao Zhu sat beside Dasun's bed, lifted the gauze covering Dasun's buttocks, and saw that Jin Yiwei didn't beat him as hard as he did, so he let go of his hanging heart.

"Xiao Nisun, are you scolding us in your heart?"

Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said.

"no!"

"Grandson just hates himself for being stupid for following other people's advice!"

Old Zhu nodded happily when he heard the words.

"As expected of our eldest grandson, his knowledge is better than your two uncles!"

"We know that you are wronged, and we also know that you did not sell those weapons and armor, but do you know why we punish you?"

Zhu Yunxi had already guessed that Lao Zhu did it on purpose, so there was no surprise on his face when he heard this.

"Grandpa Huang wants to let his grandson learn a lot from it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily when he heard the words.

"Correct!"

"You are a kind-hearted child. You treat everyone with heart and soul. You are never willing to suspect others, nor do you want to maliciously speculate on others."

"This is your strength, but it is also your shortcoming!"

When Lao Zhu said this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Why weren't we like this back then?"

"However, the Guo Huan case directly frightened us."

"Da Ming has a total of thirteen chief envoys, and a total of twelve were involved!"

"Up to the six ministers, down to the county magistrates, all of them are trying to deceive us!"

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