Da Qin: Self-destruction and time travel, I will extend my life for Qin for a thousand years

Chapter 180 The reason for abolishing the position of prime minister, Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked!

"How did you know!?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang's words rang out, except for the confident Cui Yuan, the expressions of everyone present changed.

Some of them were horrified, some were confused, and some were admiring, but without exception, they were all shocked!

‘Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a great emperor. ’

Li Shimin silently looked at the majestic and cold old emperor not far away.

As the only emperor among everyone present, Li Shimin can be said to be the person other than Cui Yuan who can best understand why Zhu Yuanzhang did this.

He wanted to further consolidate imperial power and strengthen centralization of power by abolishing the eternal position of prime minister!

This approach can be said to be very bold. Even Li Shimin has never thought about it. At most, he can split the power of the prime minister and let Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng share it to achieve the purpose of checking and balancing each other.

And Zhu Yuanzhang obviously wanted to go one step further and directly eradicate the source of this trouble!

"It doesn't matter how I know."

Cui Yuan smiled calmly, and after speaking, he raised his finger and pointed around: "The problem now is that there are so many people here. If they are allowed to be here, then they will know whatever I say."

"Your Majesty, you don't want the secret to be known, do you?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression changed again.

He looked at the young man in front of him coldly and wanted to order his execution immediately.

However, he had trouble sleeping and eating without knowing the truth.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision.

"Mao Xiang, let everyone else step aside."

"His Majesty!"

Mao Xiang's expression changed drastically!

The mysterious young man in front of him was the terrifying being who destroyed the Fire Gun Team, and his force value was frighteningly high!

If all the guards retreat, Zhu Yuanzhang's safety will not be guaranteed at all.

He wanted to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to withdraw the order, but Zhu Yuanzhang had already made up his mind.

"Back off, there's no use keeping them here."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were still cold, a trace of helplessness flashed underneath: "He is not even afraid of the Fire Gun Team, so why would he care about you guards?"

"If he wanted to kill me, he would have done it just now, and none of you could stop him."

"Not to mention, he brought two ordinary companions with him, and he didn't intentionally kill anyone along the way. This all shows that he has no intention of harming me."

Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts have always been clear. Even in endless despair, he can find the only way to survive. This is also the reason why he can finally win the world.

Mao Xiang, Hu Weiyong and others had the preconceived impression that the abilities of the old man in battle armor and Xiao Si who were following the young man were very different.

Through observation, Zhu Yuanzhang could confirm that the two of them were just ordinary people, completely different from the mysterious young man who killed gods when he stood in the way of gods, and killed Buddha when he stood in the way of Buddha.

Otherwise, when their guards surrounded them, one of them would not be extremely vigilant and the other would be scared to death on the spot.

If the mysterious boy wanted to kill him and it was not good for him, he could do it alone and there was no need to bring any oil bottle with him.

Not to mention, he hasn't killed anyone along the way.

Although the screams of the Fire Gun Team were loud, it was estimated that they just vomited blood and passed out.

Now that he had confirmed that the other party had no ill intentions toward him, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally wanted to find out why the young man knew his true purpose.

As the future first commander of the Jin Yiwei, Mao Xiang had followed Zhu Yuanzhang for many years and was very familiar with Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas.

He was just too worried just now, but now that he calmed down, he gradually understood the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang asked the guards to leave.

He gritted his teeth, turned around and carried out the order, telling the guards, eunuchs and maids on the palace wall to leave.

Soon, there was no one on the entire palace wall except Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang and the returning Mao Xiang.

Seeing Cui Yuan and Li Shimin, they felt admiration in their hearts. As the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was really majestic!

One order can make all the guards ignore him and others and retreat.

If it were another emperor with the most majestic reputation, he would probably stay even if he didn't disobey the order. After all, in this case, disobeying the order would at most result in punishment.

And once they retreat, if anything happens to His Majesty, they will all die to apologize!

It can be said that these guards are all loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang at the risk of their lives!

"Go ahead."

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Cui Yuan coldly: "Why do you know that I want to abolish the position of prime minister?"

"I have two answers to this question, one is the real reason, and the other is the reason of reverse reasoning."

Cui Yuan was still calm and ignored Zhu Yuanzhang's coldness, which made Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts even higher.

"Let's talk about the reasoning first."

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to reveal any flaws in the process of implementing this plan.

Mao Xiang and Hu Weiyong also looked at the young man, they were equally curious.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to abolish the position of prime minister, which is such a heavyweight matter. I am afraid that even the master of the harem, Queen Ma, does not know. How on earth does the young man in front of him know!

"it is good!"

Cui Yuan nodded, and then slowly raised a finger in front of everyone: "Your Majesty, the reason why you want to abolish the prime minister system can actually be inferred from three phenomena."

"First of all, the first one is that the power of the prime minister is too great. The prime ministers of all dynasties have been in charge of a wide range of things and unified everything, which has formed a strong restriction on the imperial power."

"What's more, for example, the Prime Minister Sima of the Jin Dynasty successfully sought power and usurped the throne and took away the Cao family's world."

"Although His Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, set up the Metropolitan Governor's Office to be in charge of military affairs and the Yushitai to be in charge of supervision, in order to split the power of the Prime Minister, the real power and prestige of the Prime Minister still surpassed that of the Metropolitan Governor and the Yushi Dafu. superior!"

Experts will know if there is one as soon as they take action. Although Cui Yuan only gave a reason, Zhu Yuanzhang and others had already stirred up a storm in their hearts!

Although these words may seem simple, if you want to draw this conclusion, you must be familiar with history and have a good understanding of the various administrative power departments within the Ming Dynasty.

The Governor's Office is in charge of military affairs, and the Yushitai is in charge of supervision. These are not things that ordinary people are qualified to know!

"The second reason is that the Ming Dynasty's hero group is so powerful that it seriously threatens the stability of the imperial power!"

Cui Yuan raised a finger again, glanced at Hu Weiyong who turned pale, and then smiled: "The group of heroes of the Ming Dynasty assisted His Majesty in conquering the world. In order to reward the heroes, Your Majesty did his best to repay them."

“Not only are the meritorious officials bestowed with fifth-class titles and iron certificates of alchemy, but they are also given high-ranking officials, generous salaries, and political marriages to maintain relationships with the group of meritorious officials.”

"However, these measures can only superficially balance the imperial power and the hero group!"

"The forces of the hero group are intertwined. They fight with each other and stick together for warmth. In the process, they will inevitably pose a great threat to the imperial power and interfere with His Majesty's determination."

"For example, Your Majesty, you once wanted to build the capital in your hometown of Fengyang. However, because you were worried that the power of the Meritorious Group in Fengyang was too strong to be restrained, you could only stop the construction of the "Zhongdu" project in Fengyang and change it to Nanjing was established as the capital.”

"However, although Nanjing is the tiger on the dragon's side, it is far away from the Central Plains and is not conducive to controlling the world. Therefore, His Majesty ordered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to patrol Bianliang with the intention of establishing a capital in the north. However, it was collectively resisted by the hero group and finally moved the capital to the north. It was also relentlessly shelved.”

"And the position of prime minister is often the leader of the group of heroes. If it is not abolished, the group of heroes will still threaten the majesty of the imperial power!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer stabilize his emotions and walked directly in front of Cui Yuan. The horror in his eyes could no longer be hidden!

"You actually know this!"

If it is known that the Metropolitan Governor's Office is in charge of military affairs and the Yushitai is in charge of supervision, it can also be explained that this mysterious young man has some devious information channels.

Then the two failed attempts to move the capital made me deeply dissatisfied with the group of heroes and the position of prime minister.

The mysterious young man in front of me can actually know it, that's too exaggerated!

Could it be that he is a roundworm in his heart, otherwise how could he understand his thoughts so thoroughly?

Hu Weiyong was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat when he witnessed it, and his heart was filled with despair!

He finally understood why His Majesty was so cruel to him today and even wanted to destroy the entire Hu family!

It turns out that His Majesty is so dissatisfied with the group of heroes that he even wants to abolish the position of the prime minister as the head of the group of heroes!

Looking back on the ridiculous things he did over the years because he was too complacent, Hu Weiyong really wanted to commit suicide!

If he had known about Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction, he would have kept his tail between his legs!

"Your Majesty, you'd better let me finish my words and then ask again."

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was close at hand, Cui Yuan still smiled and even patted the latter on the shoulder to indicate that he should calm down.

Snapped!

Zhu Yuanzhang directly pushed the young man's hand away, but did not continue to ask, but silently took a few steps back.

"The third reason is that the powerful officials fought for power in Zhongshu Province, which to a certain extent caused the changes in the central political situation of the Ming Dynasty."

Cui Yuan raised another finger, a total of three fingers stood up in front of everyone: "As the emperor, facing this situation, His Majesty can only spend a lot of energy to maintain the stability of Zhongshu Province."

"This also makes His Majesty doubt whether to continue to maintain the Ministry of Education. After all, it not only fails to relieve His Majesty's worries, but also often creates obstacles for His Majesty."

"The first two prime ministers in the Zhongshu Province, the right Prime Minister Xu Da rarely paid attention to the government affairs because he led troops away for a long time, which led to the left Prime Minister Li Shanchang to dominate the family in the Zhongshu Province."

"Li Shanchang appointed cronies in the court and was arrogant and domineering. These actions aroused your vigilance. Your Majesty then promoted Yang Xian and Wang Guangyang to the Zhongshu Province to check and balance Li Shanchang. However, this move led to even greater chaos in the political situation."

"In order to maintain political stability, His Majesty could only kill Yang Xian, force Li Shan to become an official, then recall Wang Guangyang, and at the same time promote the current Hu Weiyong."

"It can be said that the group of prime ministers in Zhongshu Province do not have much ability to share state affairs, but their ability to fight among themselves consumes a lot of His Majesty's energy."

"Especially Hu Weiyong and Prime Minister Hu persecuted Liu Bowen, a great hero who assisted His Majesty in establishing the Ming Dynasty, to death because Liu Bowen had slandered him."

"In this case, what is the need for the position of prime minister to exist?"

"Your Majesty, from a reasoning point of view, Your Majesty will abolish the position of Prime Minister for these three reasons!"

After Cui Yuan finished speaking, he saluted politely and signaled to Zhu Yuanzhang that he could reply.

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang just stood there blankly, without speaking, only the endless horror in his eyes!

I don't know if it was an illusion or a hallucination, but when Cui Yuan was talking in general about why he wanted to abolish the position of prime minister, a figure seemed to appear in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, slowly overlapping with him!

"Zhuge Liang divides the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen dominates the world!"

Cui Yuan's abrupt words made Zhu Yuanzhang tremble!

Before he could ask in shock, Cui Yuan started speaking as if talking to himself.

"This is how people will evaluate Liu Bowen seven hundred years later. They call him Zhuge Liang, the military advisor of the former dynasty, and Liu Bowen, the military advisor of the later dynasty. They say he is more powerful than Prime Minister Zhuge."

"Later generations have many opinions as to why Your Majesty allowed Hu Weiyong to force Liu Bowen to death. Some said it was because you were unkind, others said it was because you were deceived by Hu Weiyong, and some even said it was because Liu Bowen mastered the art of slaying dragons, so he had to die."

"Your Majesty, do you know the answer to this question?"

Cui Yuan asked with a smile. Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and looked away.

This was the first time that he didn't dare to look directly into the eyes of the young man in front of him!

Hu Weiyong was also gritting his teeth, and his blood-stained prison clothes were soaked with cold sweat!

Only Mao Xiang on the side directly ignored these soliloquies. What his Majesty did and what his reasons were were not things that he should be able to guess without authorization.

Instead, he grasped a very important point and pointed it at the young man's face in shock: "Seven hundred years? Why do you know about seven hundred years!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and looked directly at Cui Yuan again!

Yup!

Why would he know what happened seven hundred years later, and what would be the evaluation of future generations? Are these things that mortals can know?

Is it...

A terrible guess emerged in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

"That's right!"

Cui Yuan nodded calmly. Seeing that the plan had reached the last step, he directly revealed his identity: "I come from seven hundred years in the future!"

"And this is also the fundamental reason why I know that Your Majesty will abolish the prime minister system! Because these are all recorded in the history books."

The confrontation began. In order to gain Zhu Yuanzhang's trust in the shortest possible time, Cui Yuan did not choose to expose his identity directly.

Doing that will only arouse greater vigilance in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart!

Instead, he used all kinds of shocking news and all kinds of unseen prophets to break Zhu Yuanzhang's psychological guard before telling the truth!

In addition, although he has great supernatural powers along the way, he has never killed anyone, which further proves the authenticity of his words!

It can be said that everything that has happened so far is all within Cui Yuan's plan!

"Your Majesty, what else do you want to know?"

(End of this chapter)