Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 179 Bullied me, King Liao?
Zhu Qi's small life was prosperous, and the officialdom, which has experienced huge waves for a while, finally calmed down for a while.

The only disturbance was that Zhu Liangzu was flogged to death in the main hall, and then all the officials were afraid to speak.

The life of the officials of the Ming Dynasty is difficult, and it is not a matter of a day or two. In the past, those officials were flayed and stuffed, and there were not a few of them hanging at the gate of the Guanya.

It's just that the empty printing case involved too much and killed too many people, which made people feel a little scared. Even the officials who submitted their resignations lined up to submit their resignations to the Ministry of Education.

And Zhu Qi's reputation can be regarded as completely smashing the sky.

Some officials with relatively small positions would be terrified when they saw Zhu Qi passing by in the early court, and they dared not even speak.

And those officials with relatively high official positions, such as Li Shanchang, were also respectful when they saw Zhu Qi, for fear of offending Zhu Qi and causing trouble for themselves, and so on.

Zhu Qi didn't expect that there would be such an effect, but after thinking about it, it was true, he was killing his cousin, and he was killing his cousin.

Then the officials were arrested one by one, interrogated, decapitated, and exiled.

In addition, it is to fight and gallop on the battlefield at the border.

Although I really didn't do anything, I spent the whole time making soy sauce and dawdling around with others, but in the eyes of outsiders, that's not the case!

In the eyes of those outsiders, he is the one who dominates these things.

It's natural to be a little afraid of yourself.

Zhu Qi didn't have any big ideas, after all, he didn't have much contact with those people in the officialdom.

Even if it was the morning court, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to go, so he would go there. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, so he would sleep in at home.

Basically, I let myself go to the morning court because of craftsman firearms and other reasons, so I let myself go to listen to it.

However, Zhu Qi looked very lazy here, but that was not the case in the eyes of those officials.

At this time, Jin Yiwei has all spread out and is collecting information.

Most of the corrupt officials who have not been dug out are being targeted by the guards at this time.

Sometimes on the first morning, people were still working in the government offices, and in the afternoon, there were not a few people who were taken away by Jin Yiwei.

And who are the leaders of those Jinyiwei?Isn't it Liao Wang Zhu Qi!

So Zhu Qiren sat at home, and the pot came from the sky.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang's side, after dealing with Zhu Liangzu, he also started to move seriously, and he wanted to deal with the thoughts of Huaixi nobles.

This Huaixi noble is a very famous political group.

They are the names of the generals and civil servants near Huaixi who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight for the world.

Later, it was not limited to the region of birth.

Just like the Guanlong Group in the Tang Dynasty.

And such an interest group naturally poses a great threat to the ruler.

In the past, Wu Zetian killed all the Guanlong Group, and Zhu Yuanzhang obviously wouldn't wait for the king of later generations to deal with the Huaixi Group like the Guanlong Group.

Zhu Yuanzhang even had to take care of what clothes the people wore, and he had to formulate various rules and regulations to ensure prosperity forever.

How could such a huge interest group be placed under the nose, and left to the king of future generations to deal with it?
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang relied on these nobles to fight Bei Yuan, so naturally he would not touch them.

However, after Zhu Liangzu's incident, Zhu Yuanzhang has seen how arrogant and domineering these nobles are, and they acted arbitrarily.

If they are not suppressed and allowed to continue to develop freely, we don't know how far they will develop in the future.

But it is unrealistic to tell those nobles frankly that they should let go of the power in their hands and restrain themselves one by one.

What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang is not a mild-tempered person. If he really disagrees with him, he will not get any benefits.

And Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts are not unknown. For example, Liu Bowen talked about this matter with Zhu Qi.

The main reason was that Zhu Qi had known many military officers before, and he had taken a lot of credit with those military officers. Liu Bowen specially reminded Zhu Qi not to get too close to those military officers in the near future, so as not to get burned in the end.

Zhu Qi naturally fell down like garlic:

"What the teacher said is right, Xiao Wang thinks so too."

Zhu Qi felt that he didn't think too much about it, but Liu Bowen had a clever plan. Since he reminded him like this, it must be right to listen.

Sure enough, as Liu Bowen expected, Zhu Yuanzhang soon put several generals in prison.

It's not those famous generals in history, just some small characters, but it can be regarded as a blow to the nobles of Huaixi.

In fact, those Huaixi nobles have indeed restrained a lot, the most important one is the leader of Huaixi nobles, Li Shanchang.

He handed in his resignation directly and wanted to return home.

It was Li Shanchang's son, and Li Qi came over to tell him about it.

His father, Li Shanchang, not only resigned from his old age but returned to his hometown, he even married a new daughter-in-law, who was under 20 years old.

I think Li Shan is a man who is dozens of years old, and he still wants to be a groom.

Li Qi was naturally very angry, but Li Shanchang was his father, so he had nothing to say.

But Zhu Qi could see clearly that Li Shanchang was really not out of respect for his old age, but purely to reassure Zhu Yuanzhang.

What is Zhu Yuanzhang most afraid of?
Isn't it just the gang under his hand, relying on their own meritorious service, and then started to be arrogant and domineering, seeking power and usurping the throne?
Li Shanchang's self-deprecating reputation like this must not be much better outside.

At least those Confucian scholars who claim to be innocent and noble will not think highly of him, but it can also reassure the emperor.

Li Shanchang is indeed a smart man, and he was almost able to enjoy his old age in history, but it was a pity that he was involved in the Lanyu case.

To put it bluntly, I still haven't completely retreated into seclusion. You said that if you retreat like Tang and Xu Da, you will really ignore everything in the future, and no officials will move around. How can there be so many things?

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Li Shan living longer than Zhu Biao.

After all, both Tang He and Xu Da were ahead of Zhu Biao.

However, Zhu Qi only listened to these as news, and still felt that it had nothing to do with him.

But I don't know that the entire officialdom is already in turmoil...

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Hongwu 11th year, February, Zhongshu province.

Hu Weiyong was sitting on the chair of the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, looking at various documents in his hand.

Since Li Shanchang submitted his resignation and went back to marry a new wife, Hu Weiyong, who used to be under Li Shanchang, naturally became the head of the hundred officials.

It is also the only prime minister of Zhongshu Province at present.

But Hu Weiyong's original official position was the right prime minister. After Li Shanchang resigned, logically speaking, he should step forward and become the left prime minister.

But the strange thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang did not promote Hu Weiyong's official position to the left prime minister, but let him continue to stay in the position of the right prime minister.

Regarding this, Hu Weiyong was naturally a little uneasy. After all, Li Shanchang had retired to the background to enjoy his old age, and he could not be promoted yet.

Moreover, so many officials were killed during this period, more than half of the officials in the three provinces and six ministries suffered.

The military general Xun Guimen was also arrested a lot. Obviously, the emperor is cleaning up the officialdom.

But after thinking about it, Hu Weiyong didn't think he had done anything out of the ordinary, and he had never done corruption or bribery.

After all, from the very beginning, when Hu Weiyong followed Zhu Yuanzhang, he had done a good job, and his official position was not small, so he naturally did not lack these gold, silver and jewelry.

Moreover, Hu Weiyong is not very interested in gold, silver and jewelry, but his greatest interest in power.

Because of this, Hu Weiyong felt that he would definitely not be the target of the emperor's clean-up.

Moreover, since he was so capable, he was also able to figure out the holy will. Basically, he could understand what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do without saying it, such as dealing with the matter of getting rid of King Xiaoming.

Didn't you just order it yourself?
And Zhu Yuanzhang also neglected Hu Weiyong for several years because of this matter, but didn't he still let him enter the Zhongshu Province and become the prime minister?

Therefore, Hu Weiyong felt that as long as he did good things, he would be safe without taking bribes and revealing any clues.

At this time, he became the head of the hundred officials, so he was naturally very happy. Last night, he hosted a banquet for many officials. Everyone ate and drank to enhance their relationship.

As for what you said about forming a party for personal gain, Hu Weiyong didn't think that the main purpose was to enhance the relationship between colleagues, and there was no party established!

And the officials below naturally congratulated Hu Weiyong one after another, not to mention the flattery of Hu Weiyong at this time, and the flattery flew up.

And those who couldn't get along with Hu Weiyong also avoided at this time, not daring to touch the edge.

Hu Weiyong felt that what Liu Bowen saw of himself should also be confessed.

Liu Bowen and Hu Weiyong have always been difficult to deal with, because Liu Bowen is the leader of the Zhejiang Party.

The biggest enemy of the Huaixi Party is the Zhejiang Party.

Although Yang Xian was overthrown many years ago, there are not many Zhejiang Party members in the court at this time.

But as long as Liu Bowen is still active in the officialdom, Hu Weiyong will feel a little bit worried.

Originally, Hu Weiyong wanted to trouble Liu Bowen, but Liu Bowen himself said that he was sick and went home to recuperate in a very low-key manner.

Some time ago, my body and bones got better, but now I'm sick again, who would believe that?
He must have been scared off.

The officials under him couldn't help but praise Hu Weiyong:
"Prime Minister Hu, it must be because Liu Bowen is afraid of you as an old thief, so he deliberately went home by calling himself sick."

"Yes, yes, with Prime Minister Hu here, Liu Bowen can't make any waves at all."

It turned out that Liu Bowen made a lot of credit behind His Royal Highness King Liao, and most of the credit for antibiotics belonged to His Highness Liao King, and His Highness Liao Wang gave this credit to Liu Bowen.

In the eyes of outsiders, it is inevitable that Liu Bowen will find the big tree of His Royal Highness King Liao.

At first everyone was still worried about whether Liu Bowen would make a comeback, but now seeing Liu Bowen pretending to be cowardly, he was obviously afraid of Hu Weiyong.

Everyone's confidence came up again.

In addition, some time ago, Huaixi nobles and many generals were actually impeached by Liu Bowen, so everyone's resentment towards Liu Bowen was even heavier.

Everyone belongs to the Huaixi Party. Since Liu Bowen moved our Huaixi Party members, the next step is to move himself?

Party struggles have existed in all dynasties, but in the Ming Dynasty it was the quintessence of the country.

During Zhu Yuanzhang's period, there were disputes between the Zhejiang Party and the Huaixi Party, and the party disputes continued after that.

You don't have to listen to these flattering words, you are naturally very happy in your heart.

But flattery is flattery, how to pull Liu Bowen down is a big problem.

Otherwise, Liu Bowen will continue to be impeached one by one.

Those military generals really can't hold on. You said that these military generals upstarts, who doesn't have a blemish or two?
In addition, His Royal Highness King Liao now has so powerful Jin Yiwei, if these Jin Yiwei also listen to Liu Bowen, it will be a disaster.

In fact, Hu Weiyong also thought too much, how could these Jin Yiwei listen to Liu Bowen's words?
In fact, not only Liu Bowen, but even Zhu Qi only has command power, and the usual work of submitting information and other work will be reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The right to decide is still on Zhu Yuanzhang's side. After all, Jinyiwei is directly under Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guards!

What's more, Zhu Qi still has a relaxed personality, so naturally he won't take care of the affairs of the noble generals.

Originally, Li Shanchang could still see clearly when he was around, not to mention that Li Shanchang's son Li Qi had a very good relationship with His Royal Highness King Liao, Li Shanchang naturally would not regard Zhu Qi as a threatening object.

But now Li Shanchang has retreated behind the scenes and doesn't care about anything.

After Hu Weiyong came to power, he had nothing to do with Liao King Zhu Qi.

Moreover, Hu Weiyong was still on the opposite side of King Liao during the dispute between Xinxue and Neo-Confucianism before. Now that I think about it, the relationship may still be considered tense!

Anyway, Hu Weiyong was full of vigilance against Liao King Zhu Qi in his heart, even the civil servants and generals who followed Hu Weiyong were the same.

It's just that some of the generals have dealt with Liao King Zhu Qi before, such as General Ma Yun who once followed Liao King Zhu Qi to fight Liaodong.

Although he is also a member of the Huaixi nobles, he has a very good impression of His Royal Highness Liao Wang, and he already regards himself as a close friend of Liao Wang.

How can you stay silent when you hear your colleagues say bad things about His Royal Highness Liao Wang?

Immediately scolded those generals who said bad things.

Those generals told Hu Weiyong about the matter, and Hu Weiyong didn't say much, but arranged for the Ministry of Officials to make some adjustments of officials.

Then there was a place where the chief executive was sent to the Liaodong area.

Needless to say, the chief executive sent over must have been there to put on shoes for Jack Ma.

In addition, there is also Wang Chuanqi, who commands the Daming Navy.

Because of his close relationship with His Royal Highness Liao Wang, Hu Weiyong naturally recognized him as someone from Liao Wang's side.

In fact, Wang Chuanqi was indeed a member of the Liao King, and he would report everything to Zhu Qi, and Wang Chuanqi was able to enter the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, which was also brought in by Zhu Qi.

Hu Weiyong united with the civil servants and military generals in Huaixi to continuously impeach Wang Chuanqi because of his former status as a pirate.

This Wang Chuanqi used to be a pirate, and sometimes he robbed the merchant ships of the Yuan army, which inevitably hurt some innocent people.

This sword has no eyes, and it's not something you can control if you want to control it.

These naturally became the evidence for the impeachment of Wang Chuanqi by the civil servants in Huaixi.

In addition, there were also people who impeached Wang Chuanqishan for leaving his post. Although he was the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, he did not guard the sea area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, but instead ran around.

And when Zhu Qi heard that Wang Chuanqi was impeached, he was also at a loss.

He thought to himself that Wang Chuanqi couldn't compete with Daming's core official circles. He was leading the navy in Tianjin, and it's even possible that everyone is still exploring in the American continent.

It took more than half a year for this third expedition, and he hasn't come back yet, and there is no other news. Zhu Qi is still waiting for Wang Chuanqi to bring back good news, but now he hasn't come back, and the officialdom has started to impeach him. him.

Naturally, Zhu Qi couldn't allow Wang Chuanqi to be impeached. Zhu Yuanzhang also said all kinds of good things to protect Wang Chuanqi.

Some endorsements from His Royal Highness King Liao, even the impeachment from below, flew over like a piece of paper.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take it seriously, but planned to let Wang Chuanqi continue to lead the Ming Dynasty's navy.

But Zhu Qi had the intention to protect Wang Chuanqi. He was still in Yingtian Mansion and could say something. If he went to Liaodong in the future, what would Hu Weiyong and the others do if they attacked Wang Chuanqi again?

What's more, Wang Chuanqi's main job now is to explore the Americas and develop new sea routes. It is really not suitable to continue to serve as the commander of the Great Ming Navy.

Later, Zhu Qi simply suggested that Wang Chuanqi step down as the commander of the Daming Navy, and form another fleet to become the Daming Expeditionary Team.

And this newly established department is under the jurisdiction of the customs department.

Now the entire customs department is under the command of the Liao king Zhu Qi, and it is directly under the emperor of Ming Dynasty like Jin Yiwei.

Although there is no formal establishment in the officialdom, everyone knows that the future treatment and future of this customs department will definitely not be worse than that of Jinyiwei.

Zhu Qi's move was tantamount to a secret fall, and also treasured Wang Chuanqi under Zhu Yuanzhang's big tree.

Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have any different opinions. Zhu Qi built Wang Chuanqi's fleet in the first place, and Zhu Qi was also responsible for the tariffs.

For his son, Zhu Yuanzhang still trusts 100%.

A group of big hands immediately pulled Wang Chuanqi out, and set up another expedition team.

This Wang Chuanqi didn't know that when he was exploring outside, so many things happened in the officialdom of Daming, Liao King Zhu Qi even helped him to protect him from the wind and rain.

Now that the arrangements are in place, there will naturally be no obstacles or worries in the future on the road of exploration.

As for the vacant Daming Navy, there is no need for someone else to be the commander.

Zhu Qi also suggested that Ma Yun should retreat directly from Liaodong and become the commander-in-chief of the Ming Navy.

If the local governor does not cooperate with Ma Yun, Ma Yun will be uncomfortable in Liaodong. If something happens, who will bear the blame?

Zhu Qi still has a good impression of Ma Yun. He is a general who can recruit and fight well. Although he has no interest in winning over his own faction, if he can cultivate and discover more generals for Daming, he will naturally be happy.

What's more, Ma Yun was impeached by those Huaixi officials because of himself.

If these arrangements are made, all the impeachment rights of the civil servants in Huaixi will be resolved in an instant.

After Hu Weiyong heard the news, he also secretly marveled at the incredible ability of His Royal Highness Liao Wang.

As for Zhu Qi's side, it is naturally impossible to be beaten passively all the time.

It is not good for the officials of Huaixi to bully anyone, if they bully me, the king of Liao, then don't blame me, the king of Liao.

The brocade guards under my command happen to have nothing to do!
(End of this chapter)