Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Li Shanchang was indeed a rare and capable minister.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was just starting out, Li Shanchang had already followed him. During the 10 to 20 years when Zhu Yuanzhang was conquering the east and the west, Li Shanchang stayed behind to transport grain and supplies equipment, which were never in short supply. At the same time, he managed the rear, reconciled the military and civilians, and brought peace to the people.

It can be said to be the greatest guarantee for Zhu's rear area.

After the founding of the country, Li Shanchang undoubtedly made great contributions to helping the Ming Dynasty restore people's livelihood and national strength.

Zhu Yuanzhang once said this himself: "I am the only one who knows his contribution, others may not know it. Back then, Xiao He had the merit of feeding food, and thousands of years later, everyone praised it. Compared with Shanchang, Xiao He may not be better."

But compared to all these, what Yang Xian admired most about Li Shanchang was his great forbearance and decisiveness. He held the power of the prime minister but was not reluctant to fight. Once he found out that Zhu Yuanzhang had other ideas, he would immediately resign. Although he lost the power, he was able to temporarily ensure the safety of his life and the peace of his family.

You must know that Hu Weiyong was promoted by Li Shanchang and was also his most proud disciple. This was something known to the whole court.

But despite such a close relationship, after the Hu Weiyong case broke out in the original time and space, many people were implicated and executed, but Li Shanchang remained the same and lived a carefree and peaceful life for ten years.

If he had not been implicated by his younger brother Li Cunyi, he might have been able to enjoy his old age in peace.

In fact, if you just think about it a little, you will know that it is absolutely impossible for Li Shanchang to participate in Hu Weiyong's rebellion.

Li Shanchang followed Zhu Yuanzhang through thick and thin to conquer the world. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he was ranked first among the meritorious officials. He was granted the title of Duke during his lifetime and was certain to be conferred the title of King after his death. His son married a princess of the time, and all his relatives were appointed officials. It can be said that as an official, Li Shanchang's status had reached the highest point.

If we say that he wanted to rebel and commit evil, it is still unknown, but to say that he wanted to help Hu Weiyong rebel is extremely absurd.

Not to mention that the possibility of a successful rebellion was slim, even if Li Shanchang helped Hu Weiyong to succeed in his rebellion, he would only be ranked first among the meritorious officials, and would only be the Grand Tutor, Duke, and King. Could it be better than it is today?

Moreover, didn't Li Shanchang understand that the world cannot be obtained by luck? In the late Yuan Dynasty, there were countless people who wanted to conquer the world, but they all died in the process, and their families were destroyed. How many people could save their heads? Li Shanchang himself saw it with his own eyes, so why did he repeat the same mistakes in his old age?
A few days ago, Yang Xian heard that Li Shanchang, who was living in Hangzhou, had just married a 28-year-old girl as his concubine. The rich man was living a very good life and even his health was better than when he was in Kyoto.

It is easy to understand others, but difficult to understand oneself.

If Hu Weiyong had learned a little bit of his teacher's ability to know people and himself, and to understand the times and situations, he would not have ended up like this.

But others were not so lucky. For a time, officials across the country were being arrested and imprisoned every moment.

Even the Patent Office, which had just been established, could not escape and was implicated in this incident.

"Where are you from? What do you want to do?" Officer Zhou Man looked at the group of people who suddenly rushed in, his face full of horror.

"How dare you!" Chief Officer Zhao Dongying shouted.

You should know that the Patent Office was conducting an important patent review meeting at that time, and all the officials in the office were present, but the Jinyiwei just broke in without notifying anyone.

The Jinyiwei didn't say anything more. The leader showed his badge, raised his right hand, and said in an extremely cold voice: "Take him away!"

"I am innocent! I am innocent!"

Zhou Man watched as two Jinyiwei came towards him from both sides. He retreated in fear and finally stumbled and fell to the ground. He raised his head and looked at his boss in the distance, like a drowning man seeing a piece of driftwood.

"Sir! Sir, save me!" Zhou Man shouted for help towards Zhao Dongying who was sitting on the high seat.

But in front of the Jinyiwei, what could Zhao Dongying, a small director of the Patent Office, do? Just as he was about to step forward and say something, he was immediately stopped by two young Jinyiwei.

Zhou Man could only be dragged away by the Imperial Guards. "Let me go! I am an official appointed by the imperial court. Why do you arrest me? Why do you arrest me?"

Zhou Man was shouting loudly all the way.

But he shouted until his voice was hoarse and no one paid any attention to him.

Because these Jinyiwei knew that once people were sent to the imperial prison, they would be obedient.

Sure enough, as soon as he reached the entrance of the imperial prison, Zhou Man stopped screaming.

Zhou Man looked at the pitch-black prison passage and vaguely heard countless screams coming from the gloomy prison. His legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

These days, the Jinyiwei have seen this scene many times. No matter whether they are noble dukes or officials who live in luxury, even the hardest bones will become soft when they see this. However, there are only a few who behave so poorly before they even enter the palace, like Zhou Man.

The whole person was carried in like a puddle of mud.

In the imperial prison.

Zhou Man was taken to the torture room. The person before him had just been tortured and was covered in blood. He fainted on the damp and cold ground.

Seeing this, his face immediately turned pale.

Zhou Man recognized the man. He was a clerk in the Secretariat of the Ministry of Revenue. This was a position of real power. He had been very successful before he got this position.

When he thought about his own fate, Zhou Man became even more desperate.

The two groups of Jinyiwei who had completed the handover were chatting casually.

"Old Wu, I've brought you a newcomer." The Jinyiwei who brought Zhou Man over raised his lips and pointed at the official lying on the ground. "Is this man still silent?"

"For people with strong willpower, torture will be effective and the process will take at least five days." The Jinyiwei in charge of the torture threw the barbed whip in his hand aside, washed his bloody hands, and spoke.

Professional matters should be left to professionals. You should know that torture is a very profound science. For example, why did the Ministry of Revenue official faint? It was because the interrogation involved secrets that he had to keep secret, but his body could not bear the great pain, so he fainted.

"Then you're lucky. I bet that this new person I sent over won't need five days. He won't even make it through tonight."

royal palace.

The gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was tightly closed, just like the mouths of some officials in the imperial prison that would never open under torture.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the palace had already been dismissed.

The chief eunuch stood a few steps outside the hall, watching the surrounding darkness vigilantly to prevent anyone from approaching that room.

The hall fell into a dead silence. No one knew what Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang said, discussed, calculated, or argued about.

Thinking of the previous scene, the chief eunuch couldn't help but shrink his head. Having served His Majesty for so long, this was the first time he saw the relationship between the father and son so tense.

(End of this chapter)