Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 194 What’s supposed to come has come.

Swish!
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head suddenly.

He originally wanted to say something immediately, but after waiting for a long time, he seemed to be still deep in thought. After a long time, he said seriously: "Sister, are you thinking too much?"

"Think too much?" Queen Ma sighed.

He looked to the side.

At this moment, besides Zhu Yuanzhang, there were only two people beside her, the eldest and the fourth.

Therefore, she no longer hides many things.

"Although you usually pretend to be serious, you seem to be just like those foolish kings in the history books. You suddenly ignored state affairs and seemed to have casually handed over government affairs to Hu Weiyong."

"But I don't care what other people think. I don't know you yet."

"I have also seen what happened in the capital during this period. I was still a little confused before about whether there was a printing plate case, but now the more I think about it, the clearer it becomes. Maybe there is."

“But at best, its effect is only so big.”

"It is correct to say that the printing plate of this treasure banknote is now the cornerstone of the country. But its importance does not involve the participation of a place in politics, and it will continue to involve the importance of a country's public. Therefore, after understanding these clearly, You know what’s going on here.”

At this moment.

King Yan was still confused. It was the first time he heard it, so he still had to react for a while.

But Zhu Biao seemed to be awakened. He already knew some secrets, but now because of Queen Ma's words, he was completely enlightened.

"Mom, do you think dad did this on purpose?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Biao and said, "Who is your father? You will gradually know in the future. If you want him to be willing to watch the world he conquered, he is really being ruined by the people below. Let alone being addicted to hunting and fishing, he is sick." Even though he is bedridden, he can still jump up to three feet high!"

"So, this printing plate case is itself a trap that has been acquiesced!"

Zhu Di was silent on the spot.

He quickly thought of something and said: "Is it true that what is said in the market is that my father is now ready to take back the rights of the nobles, so my father-in-law..."

He wanted to continue talking.

But soon, he realized, "That's not right. If this were really the case, my father would not have let his father-in-law enter the palace before. Not to mention, even if I went to Beiping now, I would still be blind to the elephant!"

"It's quite smart! Not long ago, I asked Duke Wei to come to Beijing. It seemed like a commonplace thing, but in fact, the words he said were probably the intention of the two people to make an agreement in advance."

"I think..." Queen Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, "There is someone else who dug this trap specially."

Having said this, Zhu Di suddenly realized.

"You mean... Prime Minister?"

He was a little dazed.

Once upon a time, there were too many rumors that Hu Weiyong was good at dictatorship, both in the court and among the people. With the help of salt and recommendation system, he gathered many of his own people.

Even because of their good relationship with former Prime Minister Li Shanchang, some Huaixi nobles were transferred by him.

The death of Liu Bowen occurred in the eighth year of Hongwu, and the death of his son last year.

They are all filled with an invisible fog.

Although he knew these things, he didn't think much about them. After all, he was a prince. No matter how big the storm is in the court, it can't sweep him away.

But Wei Guogong Xu Da was different after all.

At this moment, after careful exploration, all the routes have become clear.

"Father, are you going to take action against this prime minister?"

He subconsciously told the truth, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang without blinking.

now.

Zhu Biao had already reacted.

"Humph! Only now do these two boys understand?"

Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced that by this time, many things had been made clear.

Don't look at it now, some people in the game are dancing happily.

But outside the office, some sober-minded people had already taken advantage of this moment to leave the capital.

As the saying goes: If you don't work hard, you won't be lazy; if you specialize, you won't have a good eye.

Looking at the recent imperial dynasty, Li Wentai, the Minister of Household Affairs, was very close to Hu Weiyong. He would go and report almost anything.

And its purpose is very clear, it is the former Baochao Promotion Division and the current Chaojingyuan.

The Ministry of Households controls the world’s money and food!
As an organization specializing in printing imperial banknotes, he tried his best to place them under the Ministry of Revenue.

However, since Su Guiyuan left Chaojingyuan and his consort Niucheng entered, he has given up.

During this period, not to mention that he rarely entered the Zhongshu Province, and was even very vigilant. On weekdays, except for the household department and home, he almost never left the house or left the door...

In addition, others like him include the Minister of War and several ministers in the imperial court...

Even among the old officials of the Yuan Dynasty, the group headed by Lu Ben, the Minister of Rites, have been very peaceful these days.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, this was Hu Weiyong taking power, and no one fell into Prime Minister Hu's sight at this time.

But who is Zhu Yuanzhang? Although there are rumors among the ruling and opposition parties, his power has been decentralized.

However, the troubles in the capital could not escape his sight at all.

but……

At this time, Zhu Biao also came to his senses.

"No, father!"

"If you really want Prime Minister Hu to abdicate, why bother?"

Zhu Biao was extremely puzzled. What his mother said just now echoed in his ears like an alarm bell.

"If my father really couldn't stand Hu Weiyong, he had made so many mistakes before. If he just made a fuss about any one of them, wouldn't he be able to abdicate? Even if the founding of the Ming Dynasty found any reason, even if it was the rotation of prime ministers, he would be able to abdicate. Choose from many ministers.”

"You deliberately caused the government and the opposition to attack each other, and even Wei Guogong was involved..."

"With so many ministers watching, the interrogation by the three judges is never a joke. It really involves a lot. The investigation gets bigger and bigger, and the matter gets out of hand. What do you want, father?"

This is exactly the purpose of what Queen Ma said just now.

The Duke of Wei is not an ordinary Duke.

It involved Peiping's defense line. A careless move made the generals in Peiping and even the soldiers at the guard station feel angry. Any trouble caused was not a trivial matter.

If they are completely out of luck, let Peking seize the opportunity and take advantage of this to go south, and everyone will be in ruins.

At that time, the government and the public will be worried both inside and outside. It is no exaggeration to say that the rule of Hongwu for more than ten years has been destroyed in one fell swoop.

In contrast.

What's a treasure banknote?
Even if all the printing plates are released, the worst possible outcome will be a return to the past, where banknotes are no longer trusted and the banknote system completely collapses.

The hidden dangers in the future are, after all, in the future.

But the hidden danger now is urgent!
But Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer. He just pondered for a moment and then continued:
"We don't want you to know anything."

"You guys are just looking at it... Also, since the girl has said so, we want to see how this situation can get out of hand."

The voice just fell.

He looked outside and seemed to be thinking for a long time.

Then he looked at Zhu Biao: "It's too late now. You can release the news to the outside world tomorrow. There have been a lot of things happening in the capital recently, and the country will get back on track the day after tomorrow."

The words fell.

Zhu Biao was immediately delighted, knowing that this was a sign that his father was ready to stop.

It's just that it's already this time, and I don't know if it's too late...

……

One night is passed by neglect.

The Prime Minister's residence.

Hu Weiyong stayed up all night, and his eyes were bloodshot. Since last night, the wives and concubines in the house had been crying together, and the miserable sobs can still be heard now.

"Prime Minister, let's have some porridge..."

Li You walked in slowly. He was now Hu Weiyong's confidant. After coming back yesterday, Hu Xiang seemed unable to deal with anything. Although he didn't say anything, Li You could feel that the other party was extremely sad.

He personally arranged the various chores, the coordination within the Hu family, and the arrangements for Hu Xiaocheng's funeral. After a busy night, he knew that with Hu Weiyong's character, he would never let go of this matter easily, so he came quickly and followed his instructions.

"Did you ask?"

Hu Weiyong's bloodshot eyes looked at Li You. Even though the latter was prepared, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.

"Go back to the Prime Minister and explain everything clearly. The young master drove the carriage by himself, and then at that intersection..."

"The truth is that you don't want to hear this!" Hu Weiyong slammed the table angrily and stared at the former fiercely.

"I already said it yesterday, but I have a premonition of the truth. My son must not explain it so vaguely."

"We need clues to the truth and the real culprit behind it!"

His eyes were blazing, and Li You was staring at him in a panic.

Immediately he gritted his teeth and realized that he had guessed some of Hu Xiang's arrangements last night, but for many reasons, he could not tell them first, and now he saw this.

He quickly said:

"Back to Prime Minister, we interrogated the horseman Dong Liu all night and finally found out some secrets."

"Due to the printing plate case, the Prime Minister found Wei Guogong's head. So he was angry and sent people to recover Dong Liu. He originally thought it was to give the Prime Minister a warning, but he didn't know that his attack was heavy, and there was something inside. Liuli...so..."

dong dong!

Two voices sounded in succession, and Hu Weiyong stood up first, then landed heavily and looked straight at Li You.

He seemed to have found the real murderer instantly!

"Really?" He asked, but he was also sure.

Li You knew that he couldn't retreat at this time, so he simply said: "It's true!"

"This is what Dong Liu said himself!"

"Haha... have mercy on my son, have mercy on my son!"

Hu Weiyong was furious, crying blood every word in his voice, "Blood debts must be paid with blood. I will make the blood debts go away and be paid with blood!"

"Now, send me to Zhongshu Province immediately."

While talking.

Without looking back, he walked straight outside.

There were iron cages all over the corridors of Hu Mansion, and crouched macaques could be seen inside. When they saw Hu Weiyong appear, they immediately opened their eyes wide and quickly came to the vicinity of the cages.

It seemed that they were waiting for Hu Weiyong to look at them.

However, the former didn't look back. When he was a little bored, he even kicked the cage over and shouted that my son was killed and that he wanted to find the real culprit.

It was such a commotion that everyone in the mansion seemed to hear it.

But Li You was hesitant, and before leaving the Hu Mansion, he asked someone to take the "groomman" with him.

All the way to Zhongshu Province.

Not long after entering, I saw that many officials from Zhongshu Province seemed to be waiting for Hu Weiyong early. When they saw the latter arriving, they all wanted to come forward to comfort him.

Even Wang Guangyang, who had been addicted to drinking and debauchery and never even came in from the Zhongshu Provincial Department in the past, came to greet him specially.

however.

Hu Weiyong didn't pay attention to these people at all. He looked sad, but he was still immersed in official duties.

"Prime Minister, I just received news that His Majesty will hold a court meeting tomorrow."

Li You got the news from outside and came to report quickly.

Hu Weiyong was silent for a while, then nodded, "I know the truth."

"In addition, the Young Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of Punishment are also waiting outside... It seems to be related to the Xu Da incident yesterday. Although the counterfeit banknotes have been found, there is no way to go further, so they came to see the Prime Minister..."

"Okay! Let them come in..." Hu Weiyong hadn't finished speaking yet.

Sudden.

next moment.

"Prime Minister! Prime Minister!" Song Shen was seen walking in a hurry, and his tone was extremely anxious, and even contained some surprises.

"Here they come! Those counterfeit bills appear again, and this..."

talking.

He didn't seem to have any scruples. After running straight in, he took out the things in his arms and placed them in front of Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong glanced at it, and Song Shen also took this opportunity to quickly open it.

moment.

Hu Weiyong opened his eyes wide.

At this moment, there was a copper printing plate placed on the table in front of him.

"This is……"

He suddenly looked up at Song Shen.

"It appeared in front of the door again today and I saw it."

Hu Weiyong took a step forward instantly, "What else?"

"There's nothing left," Song Shen said.

Hu Weiyong picked it up and stared at it carefully. There were many traces of use on it, and he could even see the same details as the new version of Chao Jingyuan banknotes...

"This……"

Hu Weiyong's emotions at this moment were extremely complicated. He quickly realized that the person behind this had been watching him and seemed to have the same purpose as himself.

But why not take it out in advance?
Did he make this decision after yesterday's incident in Xiaocheng?

They also want to bring down Xu Da!
This suspicion came to mind, and he immediately looked at Li You.

"Let the people over there get ready!"

"This time... I will cause this court to be completely in chaos! I will make everyone in the government and the public who do not follow the truth be buried with my son!"

After the words fell, Li You quickly prepared to leave.

"With this..."

Hu Weiyong looked at the printing plate.

Li You reacted and quickly said yes.

After that, Hu Weiyong met Zhao Ting, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and others again.

Seeing that the other party was still immersed in official duties even though there was something going on at home, the three of them felt sorry for each other.

But Hu Weiyong also made it clear that he knew that at this time, he should leave the court temporarily and concentrate on handling family affairs.

However, someone else deliberately framed Hu Xiaocheng's death.

So he wanted to find out.

Finally, the three got their answers and were ready to leave.

When Chen Ning, the censor doctor, left, he was also retained by him.

After saying something.

The latter pondered for a long time and finally agreed.

……

Soon, the next day.

The court meeting in the eleventh year of Hongwu was finally held as scheduled.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the dragon chair. The familiar scene, which he had not seen for a long time, made him feel strange, but at the same time, he was filled with emotions from the bottom of his heart.

The left and right prime ministers stand on both sides of the officials.

He had long been displeased with it.

And at this moment, there was no warning.

Chen Ning, the imperial censor, was the first to say:
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"The day before yesterday, the prime minister's son, Hu Xiaocheng, was killed by a traitor. This was not an accident, but a traitor!"

(End of this chapter)