Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 20 Zhu Yuanzhang asked Chu Nan for advice: how to deal with arrogant soldiers and generals?

"Your Majesty, I was wrong!" Lan Yu was just arrogant, not stupid, otherwise he would not have won so many battles.

After hearing Hu Weiyong's angry curse, he realized how stupid he was just now. He was about to lose his life, and yet he dared to ask for a reward?

He, Lan Yu, was a killing god on the battlefield, but Zhu Yuanzhang was the killing god of the world with the strongest murderous nature. If he really angered Zhu Yuanzhang, he, Lan Yu, would die without a complete body.

Suddenly I was covered in cold sweat, with sweat even appearing on my forehead.

He immediately kowtowed frantically: "Your Majesty, I was confused just now and said something nonsense. It is indeed a serious crime. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Hehe..." But Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lan Yu and smiled coldly, his narrowed eyes filled with coldness.

"You said the wrong thing because you were confused? Then when you killed those prisoners, were you also confused?"

"You made such a decision without asking for my permission. You, Lan Yu, really disobey the orders of the army and think you are the emperor in the army!"

"And you have not yet adjusted to your status when you arrived at the gate of Jinling City. You are so arrogant when you come before me. You do not know that you have done something wrong, but you dare to ask me for a reward. Do you think you are stupid?"

"Pass on my order!" Zhu Yuanzhang then spoke directly.

"A reward of 200,000 taels of silver will be given to the soldiers who went to the battlefield and to provide adequate compensation for the soldiers who died in battle."

"As for Lan Yu, I will punish him by confining him to his home for three months and ask him to reflect on his mistakes!"

"Let's go back to the palace!" This time, after saying this, he left without even looking back.

However, before leaving, he gave Zhu Biao a wink, and Zhu Biao understood instantly.

The emperor is so irritated by this group of arrogant generals that he wants to summon Chu Nan for advice. This time, this group of arrogant generals are probably in trouble.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, the ministers also dispersed one after another, and Chu Nan also left.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lan Yu kowtowed on the ground to express his gratitude.

But his face was full of dissatisfaction. Damn it! No matter what, he had made so many contributions, and it was fine if the merits and demerits could offset each other, but he was actually punished?
It's not fair!

"Lan Yu, you!" Hu Weiyong saw clearly the look of Lan Yu's dissatisfaction.

Hu Weiyong was such a smart man that he could see through the thoughts of Lan Yu, a military general, and he got angry.

You are such an arrogant and brave general. You have made a mistake and I am punishing you, but you still refuse to accept it?

You didn't even know how to dismount in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and you dared to say that you could order your soldiers to kill anyone you wanted. You acted on your own without asking for permission, and you were so arrogant, yet you still wanted a reward?

If I, Hu Weiyong, were the emperor and had a minister like you, I would immediately exterminate your entire clan.

But he was not the emperor after all, and he was the leader of the Huaixi Party, and Lan Yu was also an important member of the Huaixi Party, so he had to unite with Lan Yu and then persuade Lan Yu.

"Hu Weiyong!" But before he could go over, he was stopped by Li Shanchang.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you?" Hu Weiyong looked puzzled.

"What else? You are confused." Li Shanchang's face looked ugly.

"Your Majesty is angry with Lan Yu right now. Are you trying to kill yourself by approaching him at this time?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Hu Weiyong also suddenly realized that if he tried to comfort Lan Yu at this time, it would be considered as forming a clique for personal gain and would arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion.

He immediately said to Li Shanchang: "Thank you for your advice, Master. I almost made a big mistake."

"But you are my mentor." But after thanking him, Hu Weiyong's face became angry again.

"I have been very angry recently. Yang Xian's Zhejiang Party has embezzled so much money, but Your Majesty has not intervened."

"Instead, they suppressed the honest officials under my command. Now, Lan Yu from the Huaixi Party finally got a chance to show his face, but he was suppressed again. This student is very unfair!"

"Now Yang Xian will be proud again. His Zhejiang East Party will suppress us."

"Haha, Weiyong, do you really think that His Majesty won't care about the corruption of Yang Xian's subordinates?" But there was a gleam of brilliance in Elder Li Shan's shrewd eyes.

"Your Majesty, what you hate most in your life is corrupt officials, but the recent personnel changes are very strange. Many people with bad conduct have been given lucrative positions. Have you ever thought about why?"

"Why?" After hearing Li Shanchang's analysis, Hu Weiyong also realized that something was wrong.

"The reason is very simple." Li Shanchang explained directly.

"I guess your majesty's idea is to first use these capable officials, regardless of whether they are corrupt or not, and then make the Ming Dynasty prosperous and strong."

“But once these corrupt officials have lost their value, they will probably be in trouble.”

"So..." Li Shanchang said, looking at Hu Weiyong with sharp eyes.

"Those honest officials under your command were suppressed only because they offended His Majesty. There is no risk of their property being confiscated or their clan being exterminated."

"But for the corrupt officials under Yang Xian, confiscation of property and extermination of clans would probably be the lightest punishment. And how long can Yang Xian remain so arrogant?" "What? It's actually like this!" After listening to Li Shanchang's analysis, Hu Weiyong suddenly came to his senses.

A lot of things that I couldn't understand recently have now been figured out.

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials so much. Now he appoints and dismisses officials based on their abilities instead of their moral character. It turns out that he has laid this big net.

He immediately broke out in a sweat. The hateful Zhu Yuanzhang was so cruel that he actually came up with such a vicious plan to kill the donkey after it had done its work.

No, he also has to inform his subordinates. After all, he has more corrupt officials under him. He has to ask them to be less corrupt, or not corrupt at all in the near future, otherwise everything will be over.

"You should pay more attention." Seeing that Hu Weiyong understood, Li Shanchang also spoke lightly.

"I am old and will retire soon. Yang Xian will not be your opponent. I will recommend you for the position of Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty."

"Teacher, you have to retire. You are only fifty-six years old!" In the Ming Dynasty, fifty-six years old was definitely a long life for ordinary people, but officials definitely lived longer than that.

But Li Shanchang shook his head when he heard it: "It is your majesty's intention."

"What, Your Majesty?" Hu Weiyong was shocked when he heard it.

Did Zhu Yuanzhang feel that Li Shanchang's contributions were too great and his prestige was too high, and was afraid that he would form a clique and control the government?
"Damn it!" Hu Weiyong was immediately furious.

"Your Majesty is jealous of the teacher and is killing the donkey after it has done its job!"

"Weiyong!" But when Li Shanchang heard Hu Weiyong say this, he was surprised and spoke in a low voice.

"Be careful with your words. Recently, I feel that the situation in the court is changing. I also feel like someone is watching me from behind. I must be careful with my words."

"Moreover, I always feel that the changes in the court are not caused by your Majesty. There is someone behind your Majesty helping him. You have to be careful of this person."

"Is there someone behind Your Majesty?" Hu Weiyong was shocked. It turned out that he was not the only one who felt this way.

He hurriedly asked: "Who is this person? Could it be Liu Bowen?"

"No." Li Shanchang shook his head, his eyes flashing with depth.

"Based on what I know about Liu Bowen, he is smart, but not so vicious."

"This person's scheme is too vicious, and he must be a very scary person!"

"Who could this scary person be?" Hu Weiyong's eyes flashed with deep fear.

royal palace.

Huagai Palace.

"Lord Chu." A eunuch spoke respectfully to Chu Nan.

"Your Majesty is inside."

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Chu Nan again, so Chu Nan came.

Chu Nan was not a fool, so he naturally guessed what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to do.

It must be Lan Yu and his gang of arrogant generals that made him angry. He wanted to ask himself how to deal with them, and then Chu Nan was about to walk into the Huagai Palace.

"Damn it, damn it!!"

"How courageous!"

But before Chu Nan entered the Huagai Hall, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's angry roar from inside, and then he heard the sound of countless objects being smashed to pieces.

"Father, don't be angry!" Then a group of princes were seen retreating while persuading and fleeing outside the Huagai Palace, including Liu Bowen.

"What is this?" Chu Nan was shocked when he saw it.

"There's nothing we can do." Zhu Biao shook his head when he saw Chu Nan.

"Father is already annoyed by these arrogant soldiers and generals. This time he was really irritated by Lan Yu, so he lost his temper in there."

"Damn it!" The next second, the sounds of smashing things and roaring were heard in the palace.

"I think so highly of them, yet they dare to act so arrogantly! How could I have trained such ministers? How abominable!!"

"Crash!" Another stool was smashed to pieces.

"This..." Seeing this scene, Chu Nan was also a little frightened. It seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry today.

If this matter is not resolved perfectly, he will never be able to calm down.

(End of this chapter)