Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 796 You Do It Every Time
The atmosphere in the Huagai Palace was very cold.

However, despite the curses, Zhu Yuanzhang felt somewhat relieved, and once again clearly felt the effect of the light curtain.

The last time I felt this way was when I learned about my sister’s death from illness and my Biao’er’s shortened life due to overwork.

However, Dai Sigong also explained to him very clearly that these misfortunes were all "either occasional illnesses" or "minor illnesses that coincided with serious illnesses."

Therefore, if we think about it, we can understand the difference in Lin Xian's case.

First of all, it was true that Hu Weiyong recommended that Lin Xian be demoted and sent as an envoy to Japan for three years, and he also remembered clearly that Hu Weiyong recommended that Lin Xian be reinstated.

Moreover, when Lin Xian was reinstated, he submitted a memorial as a report on his three-year mission to Japan. At that time, it was still the twelfth year of Hongwu, and there was no Guangmu to analyze the situation in Japan for him, so after reading it, his request to be reinstated was approved.

But now that the situation in Japan is clear, the memorial submitted by Lin Xian, the commander of Mingzhou Guard, seems to be fraught with doubts.

This means that Lin Xian, who was appointed as Hu Weiyong's confidant, most likely did not go to Japan. In this case, there is only one possibility for why he went to sea - it must be to make peace with the remnants of the anti-Ming forces and the Japanese pirates. Considering that Lin Xian now controls the defense of Mingzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly wanted to personally order troops to attack Mingzhou.

However, this idea was just a thought. It had been a year since Hu Weiyong was beheaded, and Lin Xian had not caused any trouble until now. He probably thought that he had escaped the blame. If he suddenly mobilized troops, it would risk alerting the enemy.

But no matter what, Lin Xian’s case is different from the “accidental” and “coincidental” cases involving his wife and son. As long as we capture Lin Xian, the truth will be revealed.

As for who to send without alerting the enemy...

"Your Majesty, please let me go to Mingzhou and give me a naval officer."

"No matter what connections he has, I will root them out completely. Maybe I can even catch all the pirates in Mingzhou!"

Li Wenzhong's voice was loud, and he looked ready to fight.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his good nephew and nodded. Very good, one candidate was eliminated.

He knew the Ming navy very well. The rivers, lakes and reservoirs were invincible, but if they went out to sea to attack the pirates, it would be like using heavy cavalry to kill birds, and it would be difficult to achieve their goal.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang said leisurely:
"When the sea is calm, the people are at peace. Ningbo is a good name."

Li Wenzhong became more anxious: "Uncle..."

This attitude immediately made Zhu Yuanzhang frown and rebuke:

"Why are you in such a hurry? It will take some time for the Japanese general's envoy to return to his country and report to me before returning to Ming. How can we rush to pacify the Japanese pirates?"

The implication of the words was too clear. Li Wenzhong was stunned at first, but then he was overjoyed. His uncle's meaning was very clear. He was afraid that he would be responsible for negotiating the pacification of the sea with the Japanese regent general.

But think about it, it makes sense. My uncle is busy with official duties, so how could he condescend to discuss such a trivial matter with the Japanese envoy?

So Li Wenzhong simply moved closer with an inexplicable smile on his face:

"Your Majesty, if it is as the future generations say, it will take another ten years for Japan to be unified..."

Some words only need to be introduced and there is no need to continue, so Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and remained silent for a while:
"Let us think about it again..."

Emperor Ming was still deep in thought. Behind him, the Prince of Chu, Zhu Zhen, had already carefully asked Zhu Di, who was most familiar with him, a question:
"Fourth brother, wouldn't that great edict be the same as the ancestral precepts?"

Zhu Zhen's words immediately made the expressions on the faces of the princes very interesting.

Zhu Su was the first to object:

"An imperial edict is a report from above to the people below. Duke Zhou and Wang Mang both issued great edicts, all of which were intended to inform the people of the world. Could it be that they are meant to restrict us just like our ancestors' teachings?"

However, only Zhu Su held this opinion, while the other brothers were pessimistic:

"But how come we brothers are not among the people of the world?"

"And judging from what people in later generations are saying, the collection is called the Three Great Edicts, so doesn't that mean there is also the first edition of the Great Edict, just like..." "Just like the Record of Ancestral Instructions, this record has been revised several times by Dad since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty."

"It seems that Dad has learned from his experience in disciplining us brothers, and is using it to discipline the world."

"So we brothers have really become role models for the world."

"With both our ancestors' teachings and the imperial edict, people all over the world must listen to my father's teachings. This makes me feel much more balanced."

The princes were discussing fiercely, so Zhu Yuanzhang turned back curiously:

"What are you discussing?"

So the princes immediately stopped fighting, and Zhu Biao, who was at the front, forced a smile:
"My sons and I are saying that Daddy followed the example of the Zhou Dynasty and published the Great Edict to teach the people. He has the style of the ancient sages."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased with his eldest son's words:
"Since Biao'er has said so, let's compile the Treasure Instructions once more this year, and then start writing the Great Edict."

As a result, the smiles on Zhu Biao and others' faces became more forced.

[From the Lin Xian case, we can conclude that Hu Weiyong had been in conflict with Zhu Yuanzhang even earlier. The so-called collaboration with the Japanese, or collaboration with the southeastern pirates, actually happened long before the 12th year of the Hongwu reign.

This conclusion directly conflicts with the third phase of the Hu Weiyong case in the Ming History, namely:

Li Shanchang's treason case. 】

These few short words caused a sudden "clang" sound in the Huagai Palace.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Li Wenzhong getting up from the ground, holding onto a chair while embarrassedly apologizing:
"I was just stunned by the ability of the Grand Judge."

In fact, let alone Li Wenzhong, even the usually steady Xu Da couldn't hold back his expression and kept turning his head to look at Li Shanchang again and again.

Li Wenzhong even placed the chairs further away from Li Shanchang, then muttered:

"Then the Qinhuai River won't be like the Luo River..."

These whispered words immediately made Xu Da's expression twisted, and finally he simply turned his head away.

Li Shanchang, who was originally exhausted, stood up instantly:

"I...have absolutely no intention of being like Sima Yi! I have never had any intention of rebelling!"

Looking at his former subordinate whose chest was rising and falling violently and whose hair was a little disheveled, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart softened for a moment and he nodded:

"Since later generations have said that there are conflicts in what was said, it is worth watching how to redress the situation for the sake of goodness."

[Li Shanchang plotted treason, or Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang conspired to rebel. These two events are recorded in "Veritable Records" and "History of Ming Dynasty". Let's quickly go through the records first.

According to him, it was probably in September of the tenth year of Hongwu that Hu Weiyong told Li Cunyi, Li Shanchang's younger brother, about the rebellion and asked him to go back and persuade his old boss:
Brother, let’s rebel!

Li Shanchang didn't care at all, he just felt that his brother's head was stuck in the door.

Hu Weiyong persisted and went to the teacher's house in November to persuade him personally, saying, "When we rebel, I will make you the King of Huaixi!"

Li Shanchang still refused, but his attitude had softened somewhat.

Then, Hu Weiyong persuaded Li Shanchang from the tenth year of Hongwu to the eighth month of the twelfth year of Hongwu. Li Shanchang finally changed his tone to his brother and said:

I'm old, you can do it yourself.

Hu Weiyong thought this was a tacit approval, so he began to plan a rebellion.

(End of this chapter)