Chapter 210: Tang He's New Year's Gift
Zhu Biao is really good to people, not only Liu Chun, but even the old fox Li Shanchang, Zhu Biao doesn't want him to be too desolate...... After all, he is the first hero to fight the world with his father.
Speaking of which, in this Ming world, there are people who have a share.
Let him live a peaceful New Year, and then investigate, he is in his seventies, and how much difference is there between living and dead. And once Li Shanchang is killed, it will chill the heroes and make the nobles deviate from morality, and Li Shanchang has deep roots, and attacking him will inevitably implicate many innocent people.
No matter what, Zhu Biao can't be ruthless.
Zhu Yuanzhang silently looked at his favorite son, benevolent, filial piety and studiousness, sympathy for the weak, and compassion for the common people...... It's just the perfect prince.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang was only happy and satisfied.
But Li Qi's words rang in his ears again...... If it weren't for the disguise, no one would dare to say such a big rebellion.
But if the words are not good, the harder it will be to forget.
The crown prince is indeed too generous, if the subjects of the world are all humble gentlemen, there is no problem. But there are so many people with ill intentions!
To be kind to them is to be cruel to yourself.
Lao Zhu's eyes were bloodshot, and he felt that he had to teach his son a lesson, as the Son of Heaven, he couldn't just be a good man, but also learn to be ruthless with an iron face and learn to be ruthless!
"Zhu Biao!"
Calling him by his name, the prince couldn't help but be shocked.
"Father, son-in-law."
Lao Zhu took a deep breath, "Li Shanchang and his son hope to belong to your door, and thanks to your protection, they can save their lives." ”
Could it be that his father suspected that he had colluded with Li Shanchang?
Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "Father, Elder Li Shan is cunning, he is by no means a good person, just his actions in Suzhou have deviated from the way of being a minister, and the child will not distinguish between right and wrong, everyone wants it." ”
"Good!"
Lao Zhu smiled and said: "In this case, I will give you a thousand men and horses, you will go to Fengyang immediately and arrest Li Shanchang to his father, including his family, no one is missing." Just on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve! Go ahead! ”
Lao Zhu didn't ask his son's opinion, he gave the order directly.
Zhu Biao was stunned, he still wanted to persuade, but he didn't know that Lao Zhu didn't give him a chance at all, so he directly hit the horse and galloped towards the capital. Zhu Biao had no choice but to pick up the people, separate from his father, and go north to Fengyang.
Fengyang and Nanjing, 300 miles apart, and there is a big river to block, Zhu Biao must rush to Fengyang within two days, the time is very urgent, there is no time to rest.
Along the way, Zhu Biao was very entangled, if you want to say Li Shanchang, he is Hu Weiyong's real backer, and Song Lian's death has something to do with them.
Zhu Biao really resented Li Shanchang and wanted to kill him.
But when the opportunity came, Zhu Biao hesitated again.
is still the same sentence, without Li Shanchang and these people, where would the Ming Dynasty come from.
This world was not fought by his father alone, Chang Yuchun died of illness, Xu Da also died of illness, Deng Yu, Li Wenzhong, these people all died.
There are not many heroes who are still alive, so let them wither naturally, so why kill them all?
Zhu Biao said from the bottom of his heart that he did not agree with some of his father's practices.
There is a very interesting thing, many people comment on Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes, always like to talk about the heroes of the founding of the country, and by the end of the Hongwu Dynasty, almost no one was spared, as a proof that Zhu Yuanzhang likes to kill.
Regardless of whether Zhu Yuanzhang likes to kill people or not, the way of such an argument is breathtaking.
Lao Zhu has been the emperor for more than 30 years, and he was in his seventies when he died.
The heroes who fought the world with him, some people are older than him.
In a Ming Dynasty with an average age of less than 50 years old, it seems to be an impossible task to let these heroes survive the Hongwu Dynasty and survive Zhu Yuanzhang without illness or disaster.
Of course, it can't be denied Lao Zhu's thunderbolt methods, he must have decided to kill, it's still terrifying.
Zhu Biao was tired all the way and rushed to Fengyang, the central capital.
Zhu Yuanzhang once thought of taking Fengyang as the imperial capital, so he asked Li Shanchang to supervise the construction of the project, and worked for more than six years, and the Fengyang city wall was built very majestic, but the people of Fengyang still fled from the famine every year, prayed everywhere, and unceremoniously smoked the old face of Emperor Zhu.
Obviously, Fengyang can't be the capital anymore.
"Your Highness, there is Fengyang in front, let's enter the city immediately!"
Zhu Biao looked ahead, it was gray, some lights flickered in it, occasionally firecrackers exploded, and the sound drifted over with the wind...... Chinese New Year's Eve!
When Zhu Biao was a child, he would come to Fengyang every year to live for a period of time to observe the people's feelings, but he had never lived here Chinese New Year's Eve...... Ten thousand lights are shining, and the family is reunited.
When it's good, I don't know if there is flat food in the people's homes?
Zhu Biao shook his head, "Pass on my order, let the brothers bury the pot and make rice, do you know how to make flat food?" Hurry up and get started, and then talk about it when you're full. ”
The general who followed Zhu Biao was taken aback, and hurriedly advised: "Your Highness can't, Your Majesty wants to take down Li Shanchang before Chinese New Year's Eve." It's okay to eat something now, but if it's a flat meal, where is the time? ”
Zhu Biao glared at him and blamed: "Why, the brothers have worked hard for two days, and they can't even eat a flat meal after coming out with me for the New Year?" You don't know how to be sympathetic to your subordinates, so you will be punished if you are alone, and you will go to burn wood and boil water, and there must be no mistake! ”
Zhu Biao drove away a few generals and turned around to work with the big guys.
There are still ten miles away from Fengyang, making flour and preparing meat filling, it is not a small project, they are busy in full swing, but time is passing quickly.
By the time the first pot of flat food was cooked, it was already the second half of the night.
The soldiers had their stomachs growling, and they didn't care about anything, and they threw off their cheeks one after another, one bite at a time, regardless of whether they were hot or not.
Zhu Biao also ate a bowl, and the warm flat food made him feel uplifted and dispelled fatigue. Looking up at the sky, it was almost the middle of the night.
"Han Gong, you have merit and great demerits for the Ming Dynasty...... Lone let you spend Chinese New Year's Eve, which is the only thing Lone can do. Zhu Biao got up and said to everyone: "The whole team, go!" ”
Zhu Biao led the men and horses to Fengyang City, and he showed the token in his hand.
It's Chinese New Year's Eve, and the city gates won't be closed, so it's easy to get in. After they entered the city, they went straight to Li Shanchang's mansion.
When Lao Li was the prime minister, he was very domineering and flamboyant, living in Fengyang, he was even more unscrupulous, their Li family's mansion occupied a street, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, everywhere is full of lights, flowers, and fairyland.
Just by this house, you can see how greedy Li Shanchang is!
Zhu Biao shook his head and no longer hesitated, "Go in!" ”
The soldiers poured into the Korean mansion, and when they came in, they finally found something unusual, although the lights were bright, there was no one, and the whole house was quiet, without the slightest sound, which made people shudder.
Not good!
Li Shanchang ran away!
In an instant, Zhu Biao's face was extremely ugly, he was separated from Lao Zhu, and he went on a starry night, could it be that someone notified Li Shanchang before him?
"Go and ask, when did you run?"
The soldiers inquired about the people around, and finally someone told Zhu Biao that at night, he also heard the bell of the Li Mansion, which seemed to be a tribute to the ancestors and gods.
Zhu Biao's face was even more ugly, if he had done it earlier, he might have been able to catch Li Shanchang.
"Quick, go after it!"
The soldiers scattered in all directions, looking for movements, but Zhu Biao was stunned.
"Your Highness, the people from the Li Mansion have been found at the East Gate."
"Your Highness, Simon found out that the Li family was out."
"It's the same with the South Gate."
"The North Gate has it too."
……
Will this Li Shanchang be able to clone himself? Why did he appear at the same time, where did he run to?
Zhu Biao's head became bigger and bigger, "Go and chase separately!" ”
A thousand men and horses went out in four directions, opened the search net, and by noon, the news came that made Zhu Biao more and more embarrassed.
In all four directions, none of them found Li Shanchang, the Korean duke, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.
Zhu Biao's face was ugly, he thought that the capture of a decrepit old man was a matter of capture, and he even felt pity, but where did he think that he was facing Li Shanchang, a full old fox, even if he was in a disadvantageous situation, it was not something that Zhu Biao could fiddle with.
If Li Shanchang is allowed to run away, it will be a big joke!
Zhu Biao was so anxious that he sweated.
At this moment, someone suddenly reported, saying that it was Xinguo Gong who asked to see him, Tang He was shy, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, are you in a hurry?" The old minister has sent you a New Year's gift. ”