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

Chapter 74 Zhu Biao was scared, Uncle Chu Nan, my relative Lan Yu is going to be poisoned to death by you!

"What?" The princes were expecting Chu Nan to tell them a vicious plan, but they did not expect Chu Nan to ask such a question in return. They were all shocked.

Chu Nan's words were too much. A minister actually asked the emperor whether he should kill another favorite minister? This is a taboo in any dynasty!

Now, everyone can see that their father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, must be very dissatisfied with Lan Yu and may even want to kill him.

But as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang would never say that he wanted to kill Lan Yu, right?
So they all started to worry about Chu Nan, hoping he wouldn't offend Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Lan Yu?" But after hearing Chu Nan's words, Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, then his eyes turned cold, and what he said was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I want to kill him. Lan Yu makes me very unhappy. I have wanted to kill him for a long time!"

In fact, the princes' worries were unnecessary. It was a common occurrence for a minister to ask the emperor whether he should kill another minister.

Mao Xiang asked every day whether he should have this or that cut into pieces, so Zhu Yuanzhang blamed him?
Zhu Yuanzhang had long been dissatisfied with Lan Yu. The last time Lan Yu returned from a victorious battle, he refused to dismount when he saw him. Then he killed the prisoners privately and disobeyed his orders, wanting to kill the people of Puyang. Then today he lied to him again and wanted to kill the meritorious official Chu Nan.

Tell me, which emperor could indulge him like this?
You say, how come Lan Yu didn't know the way of the ruler and his subjects? How come someone who was so good at fighting didn't know that his death was approaching?
So there was no need for Zhu Yuanzhang to hide anything and he told Chu Nan the truth directly.

"Ah?" The princes were terrified when they heard this. Their father was too scary. Lan Yu was a meritorious official and a relative of their father. This...

It is true that living with the emperor is like living with a tiger. My father is a terrifying big tiger.

But Chu Nan was very calm. It was normal for Zhu Yuanzhang to think like this.

After all, didn’t Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and many other famous generals all die at the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang?

Did they make any mistakes? In fact, many people did not make any mistakes. The only mistake they made was that they lived too long and were in better health than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"But." But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again.

"Chun Nan, I still need Lan Yuzhen. You don't want him to die now, do you? Isn't it too early?"

"Of course we can't kill him now." Chu Nan shook his head after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

"Your Majesty is right. We still have to rely on Lan Yu now, so we must keep Lan Yu. After all, the princes still need to learn from him."

"But we can't just let it go on like this, otherwise he will go too far, so we need to discipline and restrict him."

"That makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang had the same idea. Lan Yu now had to obey, and then he became curious.

"How should Chu Nan be disciplined and restricted? I just want to teach him a lesson and make him obedient."

"It's actually simple." After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Chu Nan also offered a plan.

"Lan Yu is too arrogant now, so let's not restrict him and let him continue to be arrogant. If he has any requests, Your Majesty, you should try your best to meet his requests, and then praise him often and agree with his opinions."

"Anyway, let me put it this way. As long as Lan Yu doesn't cross your Majesty's bottom line, you can let him do whatever he wants."

"Huh?" But upon hearing this, all the princes present were surprised.

"Master Chu, why are you doing this? Lan Yu is already crazy enough. Wouldn't you make him even crazier? How could he get even crazier?"

"Yes, he is so arrogant, but Father still praises him. Doesn't that mean Father is afraid of him? This is not okay."

"No." But the princes didn't understand, but Zhu Yuanzhang keenly sensed the problem.

He frowned and looked at Chu Nan: "Chu Nan, what you mean by this is that if you want to teach someone to perish, you must first make him rampant?"

He did the same when he dealt with Chen Youliang. He first wrote a letter to Chen Youliang and surrendered to him, but Chen Youliang did not fall for it and went all in. Fortunately, he defeated Chen Youliang.

So he now felt that Chu Nan's plan was somewhat familiar.

"Your Majesty is worthy of your name. You really have a keen eye." Chu Nan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with admiration and continued speaking.

"I believe that your majesty and the other princes have all heard of a story about Han Xin."

"Han Xin was on his way and he was tired so he took a rest under a tree. As a result, a child hiding in the tree urinated on his head and laughed very arrogantly."

"But Han Xin, who was skilled in martial arts, did not punish the child. Instead, he praised the child for his ability and gave him money to encourage him."

"The kid got carried away and continued to urinate on passers-by. Then one day he was unlucky and ran into a bandit, who killed him with a single blow. It was too late for the kid to regret."

"So." Chu Nan's expression also turned serious.

"If you want to teach a person a profound lesson, admonition and punishment are useless. Only by putting him in a desperate situation will he realize that he is wrong."

"That's why I suggest that Your Majesty indulge him. And there's no doubt about Lan Yu's character. If Your Majesty indulges him like this, he will definitely go crazy."

"Once he becomes arrogant, he will definitely offend a lot of people. By then, the entire court will probably be full of enemies. Even the person behind Lan Yu will be offended by him."

"What do you think will happen then?"

"What?" The princes were all dumbfounded when they heard Chu Nan's analysis.

So this is what Chu Nan was going to do? That's too scary, isn't it?
If this is successful, will Lan Yu still have friends in the court? Not all of them are enemies. By then, their father Zhu Yuanzhang won't have to do anything. I guess everyone wants to kill him.

Zhu Biao was also numb. This was too horrible. Lan Yu was his brother-in-law. Treating Lan Yu like this was...

Should he have some reaction now?

"Okay!" But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard Chu Nan's plan, he nodded.

"If a man is not ruthless, he is not qualified to stand between heaven and earth. If a king is not ruthless, he is not qualified to rule the entire empire!"

There was a coldness in his eyes.

"By then, Lan Yu will have enemies all over the court. He will definitely know the problem and will listen to me carefully."

"Chu Nan, your plan is good."

"This..." Zhu Biao didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang actually agreed with Chu Nan's plan, so he couldn't say it out loud.

"Your Majesty." But when Chu Nan heard Zhu Yuanzhang's shock, he shook his head.

"Please don't be impatient. I have only told you half of my plan. I haven't finished it yet."

"There's still half?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized. That's right, this plan was just cruel, not vicious enough.

Then he became excited and asked what the other half of Chu Nan's plan was.

"Then keep talking."

"This..." But Zhu Biao was afraid. Chu Nan should stop talking, otherwise Lan Yu might be beyond saving.

(End of this chapter)