Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 109 Give the world justice

This is good news for us, please wait patiently. Zhu Di was still angry and said:

"I now have 200,000 soldiers and horses. Even if Zhu Yunwen goes on a personal expedition, I will not be afraid of (Wang Wang Zhao). Why should the prince be afraid of him? Yang Shiqi also advised him:

"My lord, once the war breaks out, it will be the common people who suffer.

"This battle must be decided quickly, and must not be delayed for too long, otherwise the people will be displaced and the people will not be able to survive." Your Majesty doesn't want Emperor Taizu Gao's life's hard work to be ruined in one day, right? "The old monk's words were much simpler:

"Now the battle is between four and six. Our army does not have the upper hand. Please continue to be patient and patient! Zhu Di looked at the three people talking to each other and suddenly lost his temper. He had to say: "Just listen to you. Yes, be patient for now. "

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter was finally revealed.

But what happened next made everyone's spirits highly tense again.

In July of the thirty-first year of Hongwu, just two months after King Zhou was deposed, another shocking news came.

The King of Qi committed many illegal acts in the fiefdom, and was accused of treason and rebellion. He was expelled from the country by Zhu Yunwen, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned by Tianfu. ,

Capture him and imprison him in heaven. King Zhu Bai of Hunan, the twelfth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, is highly skilled in martial arts and knows military strategy well. He once participated in the war against the rebels.

He was brave in battle and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, but was reported that Zhu Bai printed fake treasure banknotes in the palace. Zhu Yunwen was furious and immediately issued an order to abolish Zhu Bai's vassal title as King Xiang, and to arrest him and interrogate him severely.

Zhu Bai has a strong temperament and refuses to be captured without mercy like some of his brothers.

When the envoys sent by the imperial court arrived, Zhu Bai closed the gate of the palace in front of these envoys and lit a fire. Zhu Bai rode his beloved horse, held a long bow, raised his head to the sky and screamed. He jumped into the sea of ​​fire and burned himself to death. Before his death, Zhu Bai sang loudly: "I look at the ministers in the previous life. When encountering a stupid and violent dynasty, they would order the officials to be imprisoned." Self-determination.

"I am the heir of Emperor Taizu Gao. I am king in the south. I cannot see Taizu Bintian. I cannot see him when I am ill. I cannot be buried in time. How can I be happy in this world when I bear my sorrow?" "As a prince of the Ming Dynasty, how can I be humiliated by a slave? Hands, I can't survive.

After Zhu Bai died, his wife Wu also walked into the sea of ​​fire and committed suicide with other concubines. Zhu Bai ended up like a hero, and his death completely shocked the world. In the study room.

Zhu Yunwen opened his eyes angrily, gritted his teeth, and roared at the person in front of him:

"I asked you to capture Uncle Twelve. Who asked you to force him to death??!"

"Do you know that if Uncle Twelve dies, what will the people of the world think of me? The people of the world will think that I am cold and cold, and that I forced him to death!!"

"Do you want me to be despised by all the people?

The two people standing in front of Zhu Yunwen's lantern lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.

One of them is the Ming Dynasty God of War, Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong was also very depressed. Although he was ordered to capture Zhu Bai, the king of Hunan, Zhu Yunwen was too afraid of Zhu Bai's military ability and used a white suit to cross the river.

Li Jinglong disguised himself as a businessman and sneaked into Jingzhou secretly. After arriving in Jingzhou, he revealed his identity and surrounded the Prince of Xiang's Mansion with lightning speed. At this time, Prince Xiang was still resting at his residence and could not react in time.

Everything was going very smoothly, but King Zhu Bai of Hunan was a strong-willed man. He didn't expect that his nephew would use such despicable means to deal with him. Especially after hearing the charges Zhu Yunwen had laid against him, Zhu Bai couldn't help it. Accepting it, he immediately closed the palace tightly and did not allow Li Yisheng to enter. By the time Li Jinglong realized something was wrong, a fire had already broken out in his house, and Zhu Bai also threw himself into the fire. He couldn't save him even if he tried.

Seeing that Li Jingjiang was silent, Zhu Yunwen became even more angry and said loudly:

“Speak, you speak to me!!”

Li Jingjiang said nothing, but Qi Tai beside him said softly:

"Your Majesty, now that things have happened, we should still consider how to deal with the aftermath. The court's face is more important." The minister suggested that no matter what happened to King Xiang, we should immediately establish the evidence of King Xiang's crime, and then tell the world before closing the coffin. "At that time, the people will understand why the emperor arrested King Xiang, and the reason why King Xiang committed suicide was because he committed suicide out of fear of crime. Zhu Yunwen's eyes suddenly turned to Qi Tai, and then he asked word by word:

"Are you asking me to make mistakes?"

Although Qi Tai was filled with fear, he could only bite the bullet and said:

"Your Majesty, this is the only way.

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a long time, took a deep breath, and said in a cold voice:

"The king of Xiang, Zhu Bai, committed suicide in fear of his crime. He knew his mistakes but did not repent. He was demoted to the rank of a commoner. He was removed from the country and was not allowed to be buried in the ancestral temple. He was given the title of "violent"! "The violent person: does not regret the violence he has lived in the past; does not want to submit to the violence of the day; Know your mistakes and don't change your behavior.

Zhu Yunwen's meaning was very clear. Zhu Bai's death was all his own fault and had nothing to do with him. Immediately, Zhu Yunwen asked people to draft an edict and spread it throughout the Ming Dynasty, so that all the people of the Ming Dynasty knew that it was not Zhu Yunwen who was in charge of the capital, but Zhu Bai who had made a big mistake and wanted to die.

After hearing Zhu Yunwen's decree, Qi Tai and Li Jinglong both breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen didn't show any good looks to the two of them. Instead, he looked at Huang Zicheng aside and asked: After hearing Zhu Yunwen's will, Qi Tai and Li Jinglong both breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Yunwen didn't do anything good. He showed his expression to the two of them, but looked at Huang Zicheng aside and asked: "Mr. Huang, now that the King of Qi, the King of Dai, and the King of Xiang have all been eliminated, whose turn is it next?"

Huang Zicheng was startled by Zhu Yunwen's murderous intention. Now that he had already forced a feudal king to death, Zhu Yunwen actually continued to forcefully cut down the feudal clan, which made Huang Zicheng feel a drum in his heart. "Your Majesty, great progress has been made in reducing the vassalage. I think we should not act too hastily. Huang Zicheng said cautiously:

"As the saying goes, haste makes waste. The reduction of three vassal kings within one month is enough to deter other vassal kings. "Next, we should postpone the reduction of vassal vassals until the impact of King Xiang's death slowly fades, and then Restart the vassal reduction. Zhu Yunwen was a little unhappy when he heard that Huang Zicheng actually advised him to stop and postpone the reduction of the vassal status.

"Master Qi, what do you think?"

When Qi Tai heard this, his heart skipped a beat, but he still forced himself to say:

“Your Majesty, we must not rush into reducing the vassal status.

"There is also the increasingly powerful Wa Ci in the northern border. If the reduction of vassals is too violent and causes dissatisfaction among the northern kings, then these people, in order to protect themselves, collude with Wa Ci and lure the wolf into the house, which may lead to the destruction of the country and the land.

Seeing that Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were in agreement, Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to nod his head and said:

"In this case, let's put the matter of cutting down the feudal vassal on hold for the time being!

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(End of this chapter)