Nanjing City, since the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, has been chaotic atmosphere, finally calmed down, because Emperor Yongle is finally going back to Beijing!

As the saying goes, before the rainstorm comes, the wind and thunder go first! Before returning to Beijing, Zhu Di had already made a mess of the Ming military with one holy decree after another! He sent Zhao Ying and other cronies and eunuchs, holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, to the major military camps in the capital, the provinces, and the nine sides, and put all the officers above the general army level in the battalions into custody indiscriminately! Zhao Ying will strictly review it, and it will be verified that the generals who have nothing to do with the King of Han can re-lead the palm print! Anyone who has a relationship with the king of Han...... Don't say that it is very secret, even if it is an ordinary correspondence, as long as it is found out and the evidence is obtained, they will all be dismissed on the spot, sent to the capital, and continue to be strictly interrogated!

As for those armies that have no generals, they will be personally led by Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, Liu Sheng, Marquis of Anyuan, and Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, or send henchmen and generals to temporarily lead them!

"It's really thunderous!" These days, on the way back to Beijing with the escort, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi and other cabinet ministers have drafted many edicts of dismissal, dismissal, imprisonment, and raiding, and this has not yet entered the stage of conviction! With the understanding of the emperor by a few cabinet ministers, it will be a bloody storm at that time, and tens of thousands of heads will fall to the ground!

"Unexpected," Hu Yan sighed, "It's only been less than ten years, and I'm going to experience a human tragedy again." ”

Yang Rong and Jin Youzi also thought so, they were both born in the early years of Hongwu, Hu Yan was born in the Yuan Dynasty, in their more than 40 years of life, they have experienced the three major cases of the Hongwu Dynasty, the Jingyan Battle of the Jianwen Dynasty, and the Yongle Dynasty melon vine copy, which time is Shenzhou discoloration, Wanjia crying! Even if they are not involved, there will be relatives and friends who will suffer because of this, and they will hate the terrifying atmosphere in which everyone is in danger!

"Can you manage to defuse the ......," Hu Yan said softly.

Yang Rong and Jin Youzi glanced at each other, and shook their heads at the same time, the former got up and closed the door, and the latter said to Hu Yan in a deep voice: "Yuanfu, long pain is better than short pain, let the poisonous blood drain at one time, in order to return the Ming Dynasty to a long-term peace!" ”

These words are vague, but Hu Yan deeply understands that in the eyes of these civil officials, the military generals who are full of anger are the bane of the country's turmoil and misery! Which turmoil in the Ming Dynasty was not set off by ambitious generals?! On the one hand, of course, they are too deeply involved to get off the ship, but the more important reason is that those generals are violent, they are simple-minded, and they are ambitious, they are like a pile of dry wood poured with oil, as long as a spark, they can ignite a raging fire!

Therefore, Jin Youzi's words are easy to understand, not only can he not try to calm the matter, but also add fuel to the fire, so that the emperor can completely sweep the noble generals out of the stage of history! In this way, these civil officials, who have been suppressed for decades, have the opportunity to stand in the center of the stage and shape a Ming Dynasty with their own hands!

The reason for "...... in this way" is very simple, and the benefits and disadvantages are easy to dissect...... The more ruthless the emperor is in rectifying the nobles, the more beneficial it will be to the crown prince and the more beneficial it will be to the civil official group! It's just that behind this simple truth, behind the clear power, is the blood of tens of thousands of people and the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of people......

Hu Yan couldn't bear to say after all: "What's the difference between us and them?" ”

"Yuanfu's words, the lower officials dare not agree." Jin Youzi said: "It's like ten people in the house, and suddenly break into a knife-wielding murderer, in the end, kill this murderer and keep ten people safe?" Or are you worried that you also have blood on your hands, and you can watch that murderer kill those ten innocent people? ”

"Is this ......" Hu Yan was asked.

"Yuanfu, we are for the common people of the world and the Ming Society, and it is not for personal gain!" At this time, Yang Rong, who had been silent, also spoke: "If you can kill one person and protect ten people, then I am willing to kill this person!" Even if someone says it's a murderer, I don't care! ”

"Hey......" Hu Yan was persuaded, nodded and said, "Try not to ...... your family"

"Of course!" Jin Youzi nodded and said: "Our purpose is to save people and save the country, not to vent personal anger!" ”

"Speaking of which......" Hu Yan nodded again, and began to enter the role: "This time, none of King Zhao's people moved, didn't you mean that King Zhao passed this level?" ”

"Yes, the emperor only removed Yuan Rong from his official position, he is Yu Linwei, who is responsible for the emperor's safety, and he has an unshirkable responsibility...... But others, the emperor doesn't seem to have the intention of pursuing it. Jin Youzi nodded, he and Yang Rong had experienced the whole process of the Nanhaizi Incident, and knew that in that assassination, King Zhao definitely played a disgraceful role, but there was no evidence. But with the emperor's character, if you really want to deal with him, do you need evidence?

"Maybe," Yang Rong said slowly: "If you deal with King Zhao of Han at the same time, it will confirm the scandal of the brothers trying to join forces to kill their father and brother, and the emperor can't accept it." ”

"Makes sense." Hu Yan and the two nodded, and said in their hearts that it is true, then the emperor's face will be lost home! The Chinese are talking about Xiu Qi Zhiping! Before the Qi family ruled the country and leveled the world, if the son joined forces to murder his father, even if the emperor established ten martial arts, it would still be a joke in ......the history books.

Just when several cabinet scholars were speculating about why King Zhao was not being held accountable, Zhu Zhanji was also distressed by the same problem. But he didn't dare to say it, because at this moment, he was serving in front of the king with his third uncle!

"You don't have to be nervous," Zhu Di looked at this son and grandson, and saw that they all had anxiety on their faces that could not be concealed, in fact, not only them, but also Zhu Di at the moment, was also full of doubts! State affairs and family affairs are mixed together, which makes the Ming Emperor also feel deeply powerless. He leaned back on the easy chair and said slowly: "I will cross the river tomorrow, I can't sleep, so I will ask you to come over and chat and kill the long night." ”

"Ah......" Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui didn't believe it, Zhu Di dragged them out of the bed in the middle of the night, just to find someone to chat! The latter smiled and said: "Father still has to rest early, if you can't sleep, the son can read you a few scriptures, calm your nerves, maybe you can fall asleep." ”

"Hehe......" Zhu Di showed a pleased smile on his face, and said lightly: "My child has always been filial and well-behaved, I don't understand, how can anyone say that you want to murder me?" ”

Zhu Gaosui was frightened by Zhu Di's words, and hurriedly knelt down, panicking and saying, "Father Emperor Mingjian!" Where did this rumor come from? This is to kill the sons! Said with a crying voice: "Erchen has never had any ambitions, he is timid, and he has great respect for his father, how can he do something that is not as good as a beast?!" Erchen swears to the heavens, but if there is even the slightest thought, let me thunder and thunder, and fall into the eighteen layers of hell forever! ”

"Okay, okay," Zhu Di said lightly: "I said it, but I don't believe it." Saying that, he looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Grandson, do you believe it?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said in his heart: 'Can I say I don't believe it? I had to shake my head and said with a smile: "Don't say that I don't believe the rumors of the third uncle, even the second uncle's I don't believe it!" ”

Hearing his words, Zhu Gaosui scolded in his heart, the little rabbit cub compared me with the second child, because he was afraid that his father would let me go!

"Well," Zhu Di didn't seem to hear Zhu Zhanji's words, nodded approvingly: "The relatives who break the bones and tendons would rather think about the good than the bad." ”

"Yes......" Zhu Zhanji's heart turned upside down, although it seemed to be a casual chat, but this was actually a red line drawn by the emperor to his father and son - the victorious side must not be killed! To maintain royal decency! To be exact, to maintain the dignity of the emperor!

Zhu Gaosui is going crazy, when his father says this, who dares to slander himself on trumped-up charges? Either way, this level is over!

"Mi'er," Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaosui with complicated eyes. Among the three sons, his favorite is this youngest son who is most like Queen Xu, Zhu Di is extremely unwilling to believe that he will collude with assassins to murder him, and even intentionally or unintentionally avoid investigating this matter, lest he really find out what makes him embarrassed to be a father? ! "In the future, your eldest brother will deal with state affairs, and your second brother will not be able to do it, so you will accompany your father more......"

"Yes." Zhu Gaosui lowered his head, he knew that this was the last time the emperor sounded the alarm bell for himself, so that he could cut off those unrealistic delusions, and play a loving father and filial son with him smoothly...... Zhu Gaosui sneered in his heart: "What's the difference between that and killing me?!" But if he can avoid the next storm, he should burn high incense, how dare he expect too much?!

"Go and rest." Zhu Di lowered his eyelids, stopped looking at him, and instructed Zhu Zhanji: "Zhanji, you pinch the feet of the imperial grandfather." ”

"Yes." The two responded at the same time, Zhu Gaosui withdrew, and Zhu Zhanji slowly helped Zhu Di up, helped him to lie down on the bed, covered the quilt, and knelt at the end of the bed, pressing Zhu Di's soles with both hands.

Zhu Di slowly closed his eyes and didn't make a sound for a long time, as if he was asleep.

Just when Zhu Zhanji thought he was asleep, stopped his hand, and was about to quietly withdraw, he suddenly heard Zhu Di say quietly: "Do you feel that I am old and confused?" ”

"Grandchildren don't dare." Zhu Zhanji was shocked, and the little sleepiness in his heart disappeared without a trace.

"It's hard to be a master if you're not deaf or dumb," Zhu Di lay on the bed, unable to see the expression on his face, but he could hear a deep disappointment in his tone. "People can't understand it too well, especially parents, hey, a group of debt collectors......"

"......" Zhu Di seemed to be muttering to himself, Zhu Zhanji was not sure whether he was talking to himself, but he was sure, he didn't dare to answer, so he could only listen silently.

"Failed...... It's really a failure......" Zhu Di said the last few words vaguely, then turned over and fell asleep.

Zhu Zhanji listened for a while, heard the emperor's snoring, and then quietly retreated.