Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 801 His Majesty has changed phases
There was an uncomfortable silence in the Huagai Hall, and Empress Ma also sighed.

As for such matters as the power of the emperor and the power of the prime minister, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong knew that Qing Rebellion should stay out of it, while Li Shanchang, Dai Sigong and others had no right to interfere at all.

The usually playful Lao Si hasn't come back yet, probably because he wanted to avoid Chongba's anger. He said he was going to get some fruit, but I'm afraid he's already eaten his fill.

The second and third brothers discussed in a low voice for a while and then fell silent, and the hall fell into an unspeakable silence. Only the west wind occasionally rolled up the cold sunlight, splashing some into the hall door with a humming sound.

So the Queen of Daming finally became a little impatient and said politely:
"I don't understand the reform of the legal system, but now Chongba has to deal with the gains and losses of future generations, and we can expect that future generations will understand the achievements and mistakes of Hongwu."

"With these two lessons, how can we not make it a blessing for the Great Ming, increase its achievements and avoid its mistakes?"

Zhu Biao was quite impressed when he heard this. To be honest, his mother was the one who read the most in their family in the early years.

According to my father, he was also taught to read by my mother in his early years. Later, as there were more talented people in the mansion, this job was taken away by many people.

Just like what my mother said now was very eloquent. If it were my father, he would probably have to prepare for a long time. And based on my understanding of my father, he would probably still have to interact with my mother at this moment.

"I know what you mean, but abolishing the prime minister system is not to satisfy my selfish desires..."

Hearing his father suddenly stop talking before he finished, Zhu Biao leaned forward slightly and saw, as expected, his smiling mother holding his father's waist with her hand.

"Let future generations say whatever they want. Chongba can control the Ming Dynasty, but can he control future generations?"

"Instead of complaining about dealing with more than 500 things every day, I think it is better to use this energy to seek a way to govern that can be followed by future generations."

As Empress Ma spoke, she couldn't help but get a little emotional, which made Zhu Yuanzhang a little short of breath. Before, he thought that what he could do, his descendants should also be able to do, so he nodded:
"certainly."

……

In Yecheng, Liu Bei and Kong Ming looked at each other.

Then Kong Ming smiled lightly and Liu Bei laughed loudly, neither of them said a word, which made Liu Xie a little curious.

Or perhaps he was joining in the laughter, as he looked at the civil and military officials under his uncle's command, some of whom were stroking their beards and laughing, some were laughing with emotion, or were looking at each other and smiling.

This suddenly reminded Liu Xie of General Zhang Yide's boasting:

The only one who can be called the greatest prime minister of all time is Zhuge Kongming.

Previously, Liu Xie had been somewhat puzzled as to why this handsome and handsome Zhuge could be more famous than other wise ministers, but now he had a vague understanding, so he praised:

"The Han Dynasty was lucky to have the Emperor's uncle, and the Emperor's uncle was also lucky to have Kong Ming. The Emperor's uncle and Kong Ming had similar interests, and this will surely be a good story in the history books of later generations."

Faced with such praise, Liu Bei and Kong Ming were somewhat reserved.

So Zhang Fei stepped forward without hesitation:
"That's right. My eldest brother's grave is built in the military advisor's temple. This story will be passed down through the ages!"

"But your majesty doesn't know that in later history, my elder brother didn't have the good fortune to have a military advisor as prime minister... Hey, brother, why are you stopping me? Your majesty will know sooner or later."

Pushing his third brother back to his seat, Liu Bei smiled awkwardly:
"What Bei did was just that he did not forget his family name and ancestors; what Kong Ming did can be regarded as a blessing for the Han Dynasty."

Kong Ming was already immune to these words. He just focused on staring at the light curtain. Suddenly, he remembered the way the light curtain addressed the people in the hall a long time ago. So he also sighed softly:
"People who are frustrated are not frustrated."

……

In Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin cared least about what Guangmu said at this time.

He even turned around and said to Li Chengqian:

"I have previously discussed the former Emperor Wen of Sui with other ministers. Do you remember what we said, Cheng Qian?"

The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty nodded vigorously. Aye had not forced him to read what he had said before, but now that his mentality had changed, Li Chengqian was very interested in catching up with his father, so he had found the records about Aye and read them carefully in the past two years. He recalled it and said:

"Aye said that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was very observant but his mind was unclear. He was suspicious of everything and was afraid that his ministers would not trust him. He made decisions on everything himself, which was very stressful. The court officials did not dare to speak frankly and could only obey."

Li Shimin nodded and then sighed:
"How similar is he to Emperor Hongwu?"

To Li Chengqian, hearing his father's words come true in later generations was quite insightful, so he admired him even more:
"Aye once said that if you judge ten things every day, those who get it right will be good, and those who don't will be harmed. Day by day, month by month, year by year, the number of those who get it wrong will increase. There will be so many mistakes, isn't it the road to self-destruction? Didn't Emperor Hongwu read Aye's theory?"

The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty thought that he could see it very clearly at the moment. The Hongwu Emperor decided more than 400 matters every day. Even if he succeeded in 100 of them over a long period of time, there would be five mistakes every day, which means nearly 2,000 mistakes in a year. If you multiply it by the years, the number will be even more frightening.

At this moment he deeply understood the use of mathematics, and the ratios of these numbers were quite clear.

This is consistent with the assertion of Emperor Wen of Sui before Aye:

There are so many complicated matters in the world that need to be entrusted to hundreds of departments to ensure smooth and efficient execution. How can everything depend on one person?
Li Shimin was increasingly satisfied with Li Chengqian's awakening:

"In the future, the territory of the Tang Dynasty will be thousands of miles, and the orders of Hebei will not be carried out in the Western Regions, and the people of Mobei will not know the South China Sea. The emperor will be in the middle and needs to employ people to lead, so that the genius can be satisfied."

"Remember to learn from it. Just like Cheng Qian lived in Guanzhong in the Central Plains for generations, how could he know the customs of Nanyue and the Western Regions? If I leave it to you to decide, wouldn't it be absurd?"

Li Chengqian nodded and suggested:

"Then why don't you advise Emperor Hongwu?"

But unexpectedly, Li Shimin remained noncommittal:

"How can a Son of Heaven who holds all the power be as open-minded as I am to accepting advice? It would be better for me to wait for future generations to point out his mistakes, and then I will make some supplements to correct his way of governing the world."

Li Chengqian then became more and more impressed.

[When Zhu Biao died of exhaustion, the first person to suffer the brunt of the misfortune was Lan Yu, which is also known as the Lan Yu case, which is on par with the Hu Weiyong case.

When talking about the middle period of Hongwu, it is usually difficult to have a specific impression of the stage changes of Zhu Yuanzhang.

It might be worthwhile to sort out the matter here. Let's talk about the Hu Weiyong case. The information left by the Ming Dynasty itself said that more than 30,000 people were killed before and after the Hu case, which is quite shocking.

But the case of Hu Weiyong started in the 13th year of Hongwu, and included such events as Hu's rebellion, collusion with the Japanese, and collusion with the invaders. Thirty thousand was the total number of these people.

If you count carefully, it is not difficult to find that Zhu Yuanzhang had a good temper before the Li Shanchang case.

For example, in the 13th year of Hongwu, nine clans of Hu Weiyong were wiped out, while Chen Ningtujie and several others only lost their heads, and there was no record of their families being punished.

In the 18th year, someone reported that Li Cunyi had had an affair with Hu Weiyong, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not do anything and even issued an edict to spare his life.

This temper lasted until the 22nd year of my life, which I would call the first stage of Lao Zhu.

The pursuit of Li Shanchang in the 23rd year and the killing of seven founding marquises can basically be seen as the first purge of the founding nobles. It had a clear flavor of paving the way for successors and was considered the second stage of Zhu Yuanzhang's reign.

After the mass killing, the next year, Wang Guoyong, a fifth-rank doctor, submitted a memorial to speak for Li Shanchang. The main point was that the charge of treason against Li Shanchang was ridiculous.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not refute or prosecute this, and let Wang Guoyong get away with it. Many people were amazed by this, but in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was also considering his son and did not want to make things too embarrassing. There was no need to take further action if the purpose of purging the nobles had been achieved.

This year the kingdom escaped unscathed, which can be seen as the end of the second stage.

Then the third stage is very clear. In the 25th year, Zhu Biao died of illness and was posthumously named Crown Prince Yiwen. The Ming Dynasty changed.

Lan Yu was the first to hit the blade. 】

(End of this chapter)